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Old 10-23-11 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
1 mile visibility is really easy to get. Any of the higher end taillights will do it. My $30 MagicShine will do it. There's a stretch of road about 3/4 mile long and straight, with bends at either end, and I have someone from work mention at least every couple of weeks when it's dark that they saw me about to disappear around the far bend when they just came to the straight stretch. I was bright enough for them to notice from that far away.
One mile visibility would be highly dependent on the location. A mile out in the country might be possible. But in an urban environment...where, I hazard a guess, most people commute...it would be next to impossible. Far too many light sources to compete against. Plus if you have your lights set up so that they would be visible from a mile away, they would be a problem for other road users...and look at what I think of bicycle lights bothering other road users.
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