IMO, if you set your mirrors not to see even a small amount of your car, you would see more road but with no points of reference at all.
Is that better? I don't think so.
To clear things up: nobody in front of him, our lane completely empty apart from me and him, other lane crowded, 55mph limit, he's doing 25 and I have to do the same speed only because he fancies to stay in the middle of the road?
No way.
I'm not saying you should ride on the hard shoulder, but I think that everybody should stay as near it as possible. At least when you're riding at less than half the speed limit.
The biker part of me would probably agree.
The car driver part, though, does not. There are lots of idiots that go about by car, but there are more on bikes.
Just to clear things up for everybody, you know the drivers who move a bit to the left (or right for the UK) when they see a bike approaching on the back? Well, I am one of them. So I DO NOT want all bikers to crash and burn in hell.
But I saw (and always see) too many bikers overtake me at 180kph (110mph) when the limit is 90kph (55mph), then almost stop ("OMG, a corner!") when they have just overtaken me, so that I have to brake.
Or many, MANY bikers on their Harley (or, worse, moped), riding in the exact middle of the road, at 20-25mph. If you flash, they don't see. If you gently beep your horn, they see it as a personal offense, and go even slower, even more in the middle of the road, if possible.
And don't get me started on "bikers" who pull a wheelie. On a track, you can do whatever you like (e.g. drift a car, wheelies etc. -even if they make you slower). On public roads, you could kill someone.
Remember, car drivers who say "I'm an excellent driver" are usually shit, but bikers who say "I'm an excellent biker, so I feel free to pull a wheelie on the road" are even worse.
That said, I sympathize for the guy that got rear-ended, but I wouldn't beat the sh*t out of the lady who rear-ended him. Accidents happen, maybe she wasn't paying attention, but maybe her foot slipped off the brake, or whatever. The thing is that the first thing she did after the accident was run to the guy and ask him (almost crying) if he was OK and say she was sorry.
Just to laugh a bit, here's what she would have said if she was an Italian lady in Italy.
"WHYYYYY HAVE YOU BRAKE THIS-A-MUCH, YOU IDIOT! YOU AND YOUR STUPID BIKE, IT'S ALL YOUR-A-FAULT, YOU MOTHERF..."
That.
If you start LFS, go on a track, Alt+Tab or Shift+F4 to your desktop, AND THEN open LFSTweak, it will work.
Or you can open LFSTweak before, than go on a track, and then press the "Refresh" button.
That happens to me all the time.
A: "You have a wheel! So, what games do you play with it?"
Me: "Nowadays I play almost only with Live for Speed..."
A: "You mean NEED for Speed, don't you?"
Me: "..."
Or, worse:
A: "You have a wheel! So, what games do you play with it?"
Me: "You won't know it..."
A: "C'mon! I know lots of games!"
Me: "Yes, but I'm almost sure you won't know this..."
A: "Just tell me."
Me: "OK. I play Live for Speed."
A: "See! I know it! I used to play with it!"
Me: "...really?!?"
A: "Yes!"
Me: "Which patch?"
A: "I can't remember, I just know it was the one with the police cars and..."
Me: "Police cars?!?"
A: "Yes, and there was the Lamborghini Countach..."
Me: "NEED for Speed: Hot Pursuit, maybe?"
A: "That's the one!"
Me: "..."
I can't stand it.
BTW, I've never played netKar too. I kind of like the 500, but I prefer old Jaguars. And I've got an Opel. See? Not all Italians are like they are pictured
Is it an Astra G/MK 4? I think so, 'cause mine looks very similar to that, only a little bit less damage.
BTW I found an ice patch round a corner some months ago, the car oversteered wildly and, before I could do anything, I was going backwards. Went into a pole at speed. Result? Broken bumper, slightly bent (and a little bit difficult to open) bootlid.