Originally Posted by
TruF
If you ride with two lights, make sure they are not attached side by side. From the perspective of oncoming traffic, they look like headlights from a distant car. When I went to a local bike skills class, the instructor told the story of a car making a left turn directly in front of an oncoming bicycle, almost hitting him. The driver pulled over immediately when she realized her mistake and apologized; to her the dual headlights positioned horizontally on the handlebars looked like an oncoming car that was a good block away.
Positioning the dual lights one on top of the other instead.
That is a cool tip, it never occured to me..though I'll usually keep one light off unless the road ahead is particularly dangerous. Personally, I don't like front lights, they interfer with the experience. A fork mounted flashy frog and then I'll turn the front beams off if I have moonlight or if there is street light radiation. Not only do I really enjoy riding in the dark, I like it DARK. ...but I have very nice roads to ride on.