Night vision is over-rated....

[ComedyPilot]

Pedalling along happily tonight on my elongated commute home, the route took me along a single-track road. I see a car approaching and it's lights are on full beam.

[thinks: they'll dip soon when they see me]

It gets closer, and still no dipped lights.

[thinks: they'll dip soon as they MUST have seen me]

I am now getting dazzled big time, so start riding one-handed, with the other hand trying to shield my eyes from the 'bright lights'. The car (52 plate fiesta) has now stopped (albeit with full beam still on) so I gingerly carry on (one handed) towards the now stationary blinding aura.

As I get within 10 metres I stop the bike, get off and walk (still shielding my eyes) and only then at the front of the car (for maximum effect, and to cause them the most inconvenience) do I move to the left to walk past the drivers door.

[thinks: they must have seen me, but decided not to dip their lights for some reason]

I then flick my headtorch onto 'Retina Burn' setting 12, and shine it straight at the driver - a bloke in his 40's.

"Thanks for stopping, because I couldn't see a thing due to your headlights on full", I said.

His reply was inaudible due to him wheelspinning away like a lunatic???

Apart from that, a good 12 mile ride home all in.

 

[BentMikey]

LOL! What headtorch, btw?

 

[ComedyPilot]

LOL! What headtorch, btw?

Petzl 4 LED jobby.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Tsk. Surely it's obvious that it's not necessary to dip lights for cyclists, since they have completely different eyes from normal people.

What a nob. Good response, though.

 

[HJ]

 

[downfader]

So tempted to do this myself!

I wont though as I dont want to cause them to crash

 

[ComedyPilot]

So tempted to do this myself!

I wont though as I dont want to cause them to crash

The car in my OP was stationary at the time.

 

[craigwend]

The blinding-ness is the reason I've reinstated my visor on my helmet, useful to fend off blinding when I'm out at night, otherwise as you say it's the one handed thing/wobble

Not been as bad this year I've found, but I've just invested in a 3w front headlight that seems to alert cars better?

CP do you fancy tempting the ER crew on another night ride, quite enjoyed your mystery route to the posh pub last year?

 

[yenrod]

Pedalling along happily tonight on my elongated commute home, the route took me along a single-track road. I see a car approaching and it's lights are on full beam.

[thinks: they'll dip soon when they see me]

It gets closer, and still no dipped lights.

[thinks: they'll dip soon as they MUST have seen me]

I am now getting dazzled big time, so start riding one-handed, with the other hand trying to shield my eyes from the 'bright lights'. The car (52 plate fiesta) has now stopped (albeit with full beam still on) so I gingerly carry on (one handed) towards the now stationary blinding aura.

As I get within 10 metres I stop the bike, get off and walk (still shielding my eyes) and only then at the front of the car (for maximum effect, and to cause them the most inconvenience) do I move to the left to walk past the drivers door.

[thinks: they must have seen me, but decided not to dip their lights for some reason]

I then flick my headtorch onto 'Retina Burn' setting 12, and shine it straight at the driver - a bloke in his 40's.

"Thanks for stopping, because I couldn't see a thing due to your headlights on full", I said.

His reply was inaudible due to him wheelspinning away like a lunatic???

Apart from that, a good 12 mile ride home all in.

You should've asked him if he was a.....UFO

 

[ComedyPilot]

CP do you fancy tempting the ER crew on another night ride, quite enjoyed your mystery route to the posh pub last year?

I am more than game for it. A nice clear, crisp night, pootle up to South Dalton/Etton/Lund/Lockington an back again.

Nice real ale in front of a fire (we'll go inside this time???)

Mmmmm I can taste the crisps now, slurp.

 

[downfader]

The car in my OP was stationary at the time.

Ahh missed that bit.

 

[BentMikey]

Oh, pity! I thought you were gonna tell us a serious headtorch, like a Fenix on tactical strobe. Aunty Charlotte calls that her epilepticon.

 

[hackbike 666]

Oi I lost my Fenix in a monsoon in Bangkok.

 

[skudupnorth]

Strobe the b@stard ! Works for me if they are acting like cocks !

 

[Tharg2007]

epilepticon.

haha nice, i have a torch mounted on my helmet at the moment, a cree R2, it also has an epilepticon mode.
On the full beam tonight in the fog i felt like a jet plane