Originally Posted by
randya
how about let's play a little game, why don't you review this thread and any other 'brighter is better' light threads and count exactly how many posters actually admit to aiming their lights directly into the eyes of oncoming traffic, claiming that this somehow makes them 'safer' while at the same time expressing lack of concern or disinterest in actually being polite to other road users? I see several on this page alone.
then count the posters that claim any criticism of this rude and inconsiderate behavior is 'crapping on the thread';I see at least one of those on this page as well.
I have a unbelievably bright light due to my half my commute being at night in total darkness, I have it on my helmet which I dip i.e. angle it downwards towards the ground when I meet oncoming traffic unless I'm going through a roundabout. The only other times I've aimed it at people is when I had a couple of blokes running at me shouting "get his bike!", it stopped them in their tracks and also I've flashed cars that have pulled out in front of me, having not seen me.
This is despite the hundreds upon hundreds of times SUV's have never dipped their lights when approaching me. It's life on the roads no biggy.
I have noticed the brighter the light the more likely an oncoming car will dip their lights though.