No lights - RLJ

[OvertheHill]

Unbelievable - about 6-30pm tonight on the Bury New Road in Prestwich a guy cycled through the red lights at Marks & Spencers. No lights on his bike, no hi-vis gear I could see. In fact he had jeans and a grey jacket on. Anyone that knows that junction will know that cars always jump the lights. Utter madness

 

[Hacienda71]

Last two nights i have seen two no lights/no hi viz riders in Macclesfield at rush hour. I feel nervous with night riding if i have only one rear light on my bike whatever i am wearing and how ever many front lights i have. Some people just have no foresight

 

[gaz]

I saw someone cycling down the wrong side of the road with no front light, and then go around a roundabout the wrong way! nearly got hit by a hgv and a bus. not smart

 

[slowmotion]

I come across a regular fixie who rides down the Chelsea Embankment at 8 pm wearing dark shoes, dark jeans, and a dark ,( not desert ), camouflage jacket.

No lights at all. I wonder if he is trying to get to that cosy Dignitas clinic in Zurich, but keeps changing his mind on a daily basis.

 

[fossyant]

I feel like a right fool sometimes with the amount of lights and stuff, but if I get to work, and more importantly HOME, in one piece then fine...........

Some seriously stupid idiots out there...........

 

[BentMikey]

Saw someone with a fibre flare the other week, btw, Fossy. Looked extremely visible!!

 

[gaz]

Saw someone with a fibre flare the other week, btw, Fossy. Looked extremely visible!!

Was he on a white cervelo? I see that guy a few times a week going from victoria over vauxhal bridge and towards croydon, with two on his seat stays, both flashing.

 

[BentMikey]

Nah, some other geezer in Battersea Park, he just had one.

 

[hackbike 666]

One of my workmates said he saw me on the road this morning and I looked like a Christmas Tree.

....but why not....relatively cheap to run with rechargeables..

 

[gaz]

I have a set of chirstmas lights which can run off two double aa batries. I am quite tempted to wear them one day, then i could really be lit up like a christmas tree.

 

[Jezston]

I have a set of chirstmas lights which can run off two double aa batries. I am quite tempted to wear them one day, then i could really be lit up like a christmas tree.

It's getting close to christmas - do it!

And wear a santa hat over your helmet.

 

[jonredhornet]

Brilliant idea gaz, go for it (and take photos!!)

 

[hackbike 666]

I have a set of chirstmas lights which can run off two double aa batries. I am quite tempted to wear them one day, then i could really be lit up like a christmas tree.

Good idea.

I've ordered 45 leds (3 battery sets x 15 led off of ebay),I have a commute on 24 December.

Now when im regarderd as lit like a christmas tree I will be.

 

[GrahamNR17]

Unbelievable - about 6-30pm tonight on the Bury New Road in Prestwich a guy cycled through the red lights at Marks & Spencers. No lights on his bike, no hi-vis gear I could see. In fact he had jeans and a grey jacket on. Anyone that knows that junction will know that cars always jump the lights. Utter madness

It's ok, it's just Natural Selection doing its thing

 

[yashicamat]

Last two nights i have seen two no lights/no hi viz riders in Macclesfield at rush hour. I feel nervous with night riding if i have only one rear light on my bike whatever i am wearing and how ever many front lights i have. Some people just have no foresight

I commute across Macclesfield a few times a week by bike, in the morning before the rush hour, but the last few weeks in the dark evening rush hour cycling home I've seen some madness, including a "kid" on a BMX type bike heading towards me on my side of the road, in dark clothes, with traffic about! He seemed to think it was a joke, he hopped onto the footpath as he went past me then as I glanced behind, he popped back onto the carriageway. There were cycle lanes, but just marked lanes so there's nothing physically stopping a car swerving into the lane.

Darwin, you're needed . . .