Bike light question

[HLaB]

Hiya , on a segregated cycle path is It a must to have lights in times of darkness , ive checked the highway code and it doesnt have any specific rules for this type of cycle lane

Yes its a must, you need them to see all the would be ninjas

 

[mjr]

I pondered this dilemma when I bought my first Lezyne blinkies. Allegedly, all the manufacturers are given standards and flash frequencies to adhere too. I am confident they wouldn’t want to produce a product that induced a seizure.

Between 1 and 4 Hz fixed rate is the standard IIRC. Despite that, there are plenty of lights out there that can strobe and enough owners of them who think it's a cool effect to use it. Will we have an Alliston of bike lights?

 

[classic33]

Between 1 and 4 Hz fixed rate is the standard IIRC. Despite that, there are plenty of lights out there that can strobe and enough owners of them who think it's a cool effect to use it. Will we have an Alliston of bike lights?

That I doubt very much.

You'd have to include indicators, strobe lighting that has replaced rotating beacons on utility vehicles, emergency vehicles. Warnings on railings & other fixed objects when in low sun conditions.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes you need lights. It is a public highway.

 

[Ajax Bay]

on a segregated cycle path is It a must to have lights in times of darkness

@ozboz Please would you consider changing the title of this thread to "Bike light requirement on cycle paths".

 

[ozboz]

@ozboz Please would you consider changing the title of this thread to "Bike light requirement on cycle paths".

The thread is just about fizzed out now
so not much point really I would have thought , ,

 

[Ajax Bay]

I'm thinking of (ie in terms of the potential benefit for) people who may 'search' for this issue in the future.