[QUOTE 5185270, member: 21629"]So drivers don't see a cyclist in dark clothing and no lights at night but somehow they see houses, trees, bushes, hedges, roads, fences, bus stops and drivers don't hit them.[/QUOTE]
The hedges, fences, and bus stops aren't usually darting around and crossing in front of you suddenly with no warning. People who are arguing that drivers see potholes: potholes are stationary! A pothole isn't going to be not there one moment and then there the next. I have had ninja cyclists come out of side streets dashing into my path with no warning, if they'd had a light I would have at least seen them running up to and disregarding that stop sign so you can look out for where they are going. Someone going faster or without as quick a reaction time (or maybe with a larger vehicle that takes a few more feet to stop) could have killed them.