Put your bloody lights on!!

[Monsieur]

Coming home from work tonight and passed 3 cyclists with just flashing rear lights.
A car is nearly on top of you before they realise you're there - I do feel strongly that just a flashing light does nothing for visibility.
These are country roads not an urban area but think about what rear lights you have as cars are easily blinded by oncoming car lights and a cyclist with poor rear lighting is not always clearly seen.

 

[TVC]

Hang on whilst I get the popcorn and pull up a chair, this could get good

 

[MattHB]

Hang on whilst I get the popcorn and pull up a chair, this could get good

+1

 

[potsy]

I find the ones that are dim on flash will be just as dim on steady.
Anything like a 1/2 watt or better will be very noticeable on flash, unless you let the batteries get too drained obviously

 

[Monsieur]

Hang on whilst I get the popcorn and pull up a chair, this could get good

Not planned for that just an observation - I cycle and I drive and spotting a cyclist in the dark on a country road with flashing rear lights is damn difficult - and I 'm looking out for them!

 

[ianrauk]

I'm not sure what goes through these peoples minds. I saw a couple of cyclists tonight with the dimmest of flashing lights. Do they honestly think, 'Oh, my lights are bright enough!'

 

[ComedyPilot]

My lights are retina-burning bright, front and rear.

A traffic car passed me yesterday, and a mile or so later was stopped in town talking to a ninja.

Ha.

 

[Night Train]

I was following a cyclist last week. I thought he was another lightless ninja with a dirty rear reflector. It was only as I was right behind him that I realised that he was a ninja with a flashing red light that sucked photons in to charge the batteries (well that was the level of flashy effectiveness) and no reflector.

 

[Mozzy]

Two static, three flashing and a partridge in a pear tree Tis right though; better to be seen than squashed.

 

[Maz]

I have a single flashing light on the front and 2 flashing rear lights.
Is that OK?

 

[Paul_L]

don't think flashing lights themselves are a problem. I have 2 flashing lights on the back and with topped up batteries they're plenty bright enough.

There is a point of dim rear flashing lights, but i'm not sure there any worse than dim statics. Passed a couple of bso's tonight neither with any lights. Made a passing comment to one of them that by the time they would be seen it's too late and just got a mouthful for my bother.

 

[Mozzy]

I have a single flashing light on the front and 2 flashing rear lights.
Is that OK?

Maz; my perception is more is better, and you cannot have too many lights, sides which, I seem to be a lightaholic. I may be completely wrong, but if I was knocked off, I'd want to be certain I was as visible as possible when arguing whose fault it was.

 

[Maz]

I was asking because some bloke coming in the opposite direction (on a bike) was swearing at me for having the front light on flash mode.

I ignored him and left it flashing.

 

[MattHB]

I was asking because some bloke coming in the opposite direction (on a bike) was swearing at me for have the front light on flash mode.

I ignored him and left it flashing.

If he's having a go at you he saw you.. Job done?

 

[Mozzy]

I was asking because some bloke coming in the opposite direction (on a bike) was swearing at me for having the front light on flash mode.

I ignored him and left it flashing.

Maz, do you know why he was shouting and cursing? I'm asking coz I don't