Let X and Y be two real normed vector spaces. A mapping /: X —► Y preserves unit distance in both directions iff for all x, y e X with ||jc — y|| = l it follows that ||/(jc) /0>)|| = 1 and conversely. In this paper we shall study, instead of isometries, mappings satisfying the weaker assumption that they preserve unit distance in both directions. We shall prove that such mappings are not very f...