Cyclists gets a finger wag !

[Drago]

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I will

 

[ianrauk]

Well at least all those kids above are wearing Hi-Viz. Apart from the splitters in Grey and Dark Blue.

 

[ozboz]

Ok , I must be wrong thinking it would be handy if other road users can actually see you on the road , , dark damp January night in poor visibility , yep , thats ok ,

 

[Drago]

You're not wrong. That's one of the functions of a decent set of lights.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Ok , I must be wrong thinking it would be handy if other road users can actually see you on the road , , dark damp January night in poor visibility , yep , thats ok ,

You saw her even though she had no hi-viz lights or helmet and was riding a dark bike wearing a black coat.

 

[Markymark]

Crikey, this debate really should have come up before. It's a real eye opener.

 

[classic33]

Oh no! somebody please think of the children

Kids on the bike as well.

 

[mjr]

I don't understand why people cycle without lights at night - you can pick up those little flashing single LED ones for a couple of quid at the pound-shop; doesn't seem worth the risk does it.

Do you really not understand, or do you mean you pour scorn on anyone who reaches a different conclusion about the risk than you? While unlit cycling at night is illegal and I agree that spending a pound or two on bobby-dodgers seems worthwhile (so you don't have your time wasted by finger-wagging police, for starters), the legal minimum of 4 candela (yes, 4, not 40 or 400!) flashing lights is not much different to riding unlit (for comparison, car lights are allowed to display 350 candela into the so-called unlit cut-off area of dipped headlights) and unlit cycling is disproportionately UNDER-represented in cycling collisions at something like 2.5% - it seems like much more than 1 in 40 cyclists have no lights, doesn't it?

I will

Pervert?

Ok , I must be wrong thinking it would be handy if other road users can actually see you on the road , , dark damp January night in poor visibility , yep , thats ok ,

It's OK to think that, but if other road users can't actually see an unlit road user or object in the road, they are not driving/riding legally (=so they can stop within what they can see to be clear) and should be stopped and have any licence taken away.

 

[ozboz]

You saw her even though she had no hi-viz lights or helmet and was riding a dark bike wearing a black coat.

What I saw first was the Police Officer , who as we know have reflective hi vis , not knowing what was going on I slowed ,then I saw the Lady as I was within yards of them , , a Police Patrol Sarg't once told me , the worst part if his job was informing the families of persons who had been needlessly killed in RTA's , regardless of who was at fault ,
This Officer was doing his job as I see it,

 

[classic33]

It's OK to think that, but if other road users can't actually see an unlit road user or object in the road, they are not driving/riding legally (=so they can stop within what they can see to be clear) and should be stopped and have any licence taken away.

A: Not all road users require a licence to use the roads.
B: Cycling/driving at night on public roads, tends to be illegal.

 

[Bimble]

Do you really not understand, or do you mean you pour scorn on anyone who reaches a different conclusion about the risk than you? While unlit cycling at night is illegal

I don't understand why cyclists wouldn't spend a few pounds to reduce the risk ... of being pulled over by the police; being fined for not having any lights; having no defense if involved in an accident because of being unlit after dark (cycling illegally).

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

There is no risk of being pulled by the police - the number of motorists I see every day with headlight bulbs out proves that, as does this account of the finger-wagging policeman. Why didn't he stop the cyclist rather than wag his finger?

 

[Bimble]

Perhaps we should all just ditch our lights then and cycle around at night unlit? You first ...

 

[ozboz]

There is no risk of being pulled by the police - the number of motorists I see every day with headlight bulbs out proves that, as does this account of the finger-wagging policeman. Why didn't he stop the cyclist rather than wag his finger?

He did stop her ,
And was off his M bike ,