Originally Posted by
Richard Cranium
I thought I had "plenty of light" - last Monday evening I almost got nailed by a pizza delivery driver less than mile from home. I was running an MS on low mode and a Dinottte on flash.
In this case, the idiot was following another car through an intersection and not even bothering to look "left or right" ..... He had a stop sign but chose to roll through and accelerate. Silly me - I thought he saw me and was stopping.
I wonder if I had another 1000 lumen spraying ahead of me if that would have made a difference.
I would think so. I hate blinding cars with my lights but I notice two things:
1) I used to have cars at intersection wanting to turn right into the road I am on. When I used to run less light with a blinkie, they see that I am on a bicycle and some %^&* driver just don't give a darn and cut right in front of me. I lost count of how many time that has happened to me. (damn CA drivers). With more lights that glares in front of them, they will actually stop and wait till I am clear as they have a harder time judging the clearance room between me and them while not thinking I am a bicycle. I used to run more floody light but then notice dirver shielding their eyes from oncoming traffic, then I installed thrower which are more forward aim and less floody and that made some difference.
2) The distant between the mounting point of my lights makes me looks more like a motorcycle if you look at me face on. Not all cars respect motorcycle but I do believe they respect motorcycle more than bicyclist. I'm thinking of turning the Minora Bessor mount 180 so that the lights are on the outside of the bar to get more spread but that means they will be in the way of my hands when I'm in the drop.