Let's read the article again. I believe we're using the article out of context. The article describes a police scene with several emergency vehilces sitting around with their lights flashing which is very difficult for approaching drivers to see/navigate through the scene. In our case, we're normally just one cyclist with one front light and one back light (flashing or not) and our hope is to get the attention of motorist to identify us. I hardly think a lone cyclist would have the same effect to motorist.

Then again, you may think it's still nonsense.