...let me clarify then, a few good points you raise here...LOUD:..myopic drivers!..they don't see me when they look..so they have to HEAR me...STEALTH...?.why the f**k do I want to creep up on any other road user?....SENSE: lots of it pal, and I am doing my utmost to teach feckin numpty's like you, better awareness regarding defensive AND considerate driving/riding techniques!!...Do you restrict your breathing when you ride?..Do you wear goggles that restrict your vision by making it blurred?...the answer is most likely to be NO...so why numb your hearing with bits of rubber?..wont hear the bike anyway you say!!!...get on the back, then rethink!!
Are you yourself not posing problems for the riders of horses, 'B' roads are the very roads more likely to have various wildlife on it mate!, remember!, the roads you admited to, in your post, are the only ones YOU ride fast!..and that gem was founded on the basis of there being NO SPEED CAMERAS. You are a f*****g accident waiting to happen mate if the order of your priorities, before a rideout, follows the pattern above. ...I just hope I'm not on one of them when it happens.