Originally Posted by
twobadfish
The article barely makes mention of head and tail lights - which are required by law in many states. I think bright flashing red lights are far more effective than any amount of reflective material you could outfit yourself with.
last year I volunteered on a 1200km brevet. I overtook one of the riders in the fog at night, and the reflective gear he was wearing was far more striking than his tail light. The tail light was plenty bright, but there was only one spot, whereas the vest and ankle bands he was wearing were distributed over a fairly large area. Fog may have had something to do with this, I don't know.