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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 16410493)
If that's true, it still hinges upon whether they enforce laws on cyclists. Here in the northeast, we rarely get cited for any violations, so the question is not whether it will get you cited, it's whether it makes sense to use.
1. Will it get you a ticket, or worse, from law enforcement? 2. If a driver hits you, will any part of your equipment give them an excuse to say you're partly at fault for operating illegally? For most middle-class cyclists in nice neighborhoods with moderately-illegal lighting, I suspect 2 is more of a concern than 1. If you fit the profile of someone the police would like an excuse to detain, a blue flashing light would be an obvious enough violation to hang a stop on. |
This thread is not disappointing :lol:
Keep 'em coming . . . :thumb: :beer: |
I think the lasers are a good idea, when used in conjunction with a blinky. There needs to be some kind of a light set up that drivers will ALWAYS recognize as a bicycle AND be easily seen. I commute every morning at 5:30, so I use lights everyday (since most of you are commuters, I assume you do, also) and I would like a light that lets drivers see ME AND know that I am on a bike. Bicyclists know that we should always be apparent to drivers and let them know our intentions-being seen should be priority #1 .
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I find that having people recognize me as a bicycle isn't always good. When they think I might be a motorcycle, they give me a lot more room.
When I get close enough for them to see that I'm on a bicycle, sometimes they pull right out towards me and drive alongside until they get up to speed. |
Originally Posted by gpolly1
(Post 16412490)
There needs to be some kind of a light set up that drivers will ALWAYS recognize as a bicycle AND be easily seen. .
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Originally Posted by -=(8)=-
(Post 16411260)
The red lasers can be seen or not depending on angles of the road. They are not what I am talking about, though. The blue flashing part is as bright as any taillight Ive ever seen. This is just a case of 'serious' people taking this stuff too seriously and knocking it because it didnt cost a lot or would be something they use. I realize this is BF and it would exist if people didnt have divergent opinions, but to say they are invisible or something like that is wrong and misleading to someone who doesnt know any better. Lights get to a certain level of brightness where the human eye cant tell a difference. This light is as bright as any 'serious" bike companies best, and it recharges. If someone is open-minded enough to not fall for the "I need to pay a lot" or "serious bike rider" syndrome, they will have a nice light. :)
Anyway, to say the lasers are not visible until you're right near the bike is not misleading, it's just how it is. I'm sorry man, I know you want this to be super great, but it's just a blinky with some useless lasers attached. I have plenty of bright blinkies. |
Originally Posted by lostarchitect
(Post 16412982)
...useless lasers...
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Originally Posted by RubeRad
(Post 16413603)
I understand what those two words mean, but when you put them together like that you make no sense. Apparently you need to heed the label that reads "WARNING: LASERS ARE AWESOME."
The lasers will blind you if you look at them directly. They do work well in certain conditions. Im getting a good laugh out of some to the comments. A nice crossection of bicycle elitists have issued the light a slap-down. :popcorn |
Originally Posted by gpolly1
(Post 16412490)
There needs to be some kind of a light set up that drivers will ALWAYS recognize as a bicycle AND be easily seen.
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 16413983)
I want a laser that makes a 3D hologram that makes me look like a car, though moving slowly.
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Originally Posted by vol
(Post 16414017)
Then the drivers will honk at this "slow car" non-stop ;)
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 16413983)
I want a laser that makes a 3D hologram that makes me look like a car, though moving slowly. They don't see us because we are so narrow. Put two headlights in front, six feet apart and two tail lights, two feet apart. Draw the body around that. Now we're talkin'.
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crabon fibre?
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Looking at this video, I can see this getting way too washed out in the city lights I drive under and also i can see drivers trying to fit in between the red lines while they stare and try to figure out what I am .... no thanks, glad it works out for some, but the seniors that drive in my area, I think this makes me more of a bulls-eye.
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I hope some of them work better than the one in that video.
What I see in that video is some dinky lines that are almost not entirely washed out, sort of visible by a person standing still and not looking through a windscreen, provided that the cyclist is riding 2 MPH and is in a spot not lit directly by any ambient lighting at all. Also, the lines are far too close in, that's only about a 5 inch passing zone. |
Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
(Post 16416361)
I hope some of them work better than the one in that video.
What I see in that video is some dinky lines that are almost not entirely washed out, sort of visible by a person standing still and not looking through a windscreen, provided that the cyclist is riding 2 MPH and is in a spot not lit directly by any ambient lighting at all. Also, the lines are far too close in, that's only about a 5 inch passing zone. |
Originally Posted by -=(8)=-
(Post 16413978)
A nice crossection of bicycle elitists have issued the light a slap-down. :popcorn
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Originally Posted by Telly
(Post 16415113)
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Originally Posted by RPK79
(Post 16416368)
I imagine the distance between the lines and the bike varies depending on how high the light is positioned. Unless it's adjustable?
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Originally Posted by RPK79
(Post 16416368)
I imagine the distance between the lines and the bike varies depending on how high the light is positioned. Unless it's adjustable?
Also, the farther up it goes, the dimmer will be the projected lines. |
Originally Posted by Telly
(Post 16415113)
I've got just the thing you were talking about (albiet, not a hologram!):
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