[QUOTE 5021978, member: 9609"]the reflective tape greatly increases the area lit up, so hopefully more noticeable. It gives definition and makes it clearer earlier that it is a human being (I would hope that would help but may be not), and if all my lights were to fail without me knowing then I am still sort of lit up to cars and trucks that may pass me.
And also, and I was just thinking this the night as I was going along unlit roads with a near useless front light that does not highlight large stones ot pot holes; If i was to come off and left lying on the road away from my bike and its lights, hopefully the hiviz and reflective tape would distinguish me from an empty coal sack blowing about, and hopefully there would be less chance of being drove over.[/QUOTE]
It would be better if you had a decent front light mounted correctly on the bike rather than relying on teflected light. After all, all orher vehicles rely on their lights. I rely cannot see that hiviz adds anything over good effective lights correctly mounted on your bike.