Light Lane

[Downward]

Cool

 

[RedBike]

This has been mentioned in one or two places on here over the last few weeks.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

This sounds like a great idea, the only problem is most of the cyclists I see round here don't have any lights at all.

Only the other day one flew off the pavement right in front of my car then onto the wrong side of the road with traffic coming the other way then onto the opposite pavement and this was on a main road and I quite often see them on lanes outside town dressed in black with no lights at all.

What happened to the police stopping people with no lights when I was a kid if the cops caught you with no lights they took you home in a van and delivered you to your parents with a warning, these days people look at me with amazment because my bike has lights on it.

Anyway the light lane looks great, sorry for the rant I will go and sit in my dark place for a while now.

 

[grhm]

What happened to the police stopping people with no lights when I was a kid if the cops caught you with no lights they took you home in a van and delivered you to your parents with a warning

Growing up inside the M25, I don't remember any of my contemporaries ever being stopped by the police for lack of lights (but don't remember if we did or did not use light routinely)

However, in her youth my wife was given a police escort due to a lack of lights. She used to cycle regularly between Upton and Malvern (around 8-9 miles). One night, in heavy rain her crappy lights failed. A police car pulled her over, told her to get better lights and then followed her (at a snail's pace) all the way home.

Probably worried about her getting hit and had nothing else on - she was grateful - especially as her turned into her parents drive and the copper didn't come in to talk to her parents.

 

[Ravenz]

Cool

!Uncool and silly

 

[phil_hg_uk]

!Uncool and silly

Not as uncool as getting run down by a car

 

[skwerl]

Cool

it's a large bag of shite

 

[theboytaylor]

Why wouldn't you just buy some proper lights? They're plenty good enough.


and some hi viz/reflective gear......