Originally Posted by
trevor_ash
This is an honest to goodness question that might sound negative: How do you decide when you have enough rear lights?
Full disclosure: My viewpoint has always been that there is a point where adding light/reflectors/whatever isn't going to do a thing. I see similar patterns with motorcycles lately. They get those flashing brake lights (maybe it's an Illinois thing?). I believe that if the driver didn't already see you, those flashing lights aren't going to change a thing. And that's also how I feel about adding multiple rear facing lights on a bike.
Help convert me, what am I missing?
Redundancy. If you rely on only one light, if it fails, then what?
Kind of the reason why I started this thread- no matter how I used my rack, at least one of my two active lights are blocked to some degree or another.