Originally Posted by
cehowardGS
Being and older person, and have a lot of road miles under my belt (cars/motorcycles), I learned a long time ago to NOT STARE or LOOK at the bright lights.
If something is coming my way, with bright lights on, I am not going to look at it, I am looking at where I am going. So, the glare doesn't bother me.
I can sense the bright lights in my periphial vision, and I know to look at it is bad. So, when brights lights are hitting you all in the face, why do you all(if any) look at them? It will just be a second or two or less before they are gone!
Just curious...
Car/motorcycle lights aren't the same as most bike lights, because car/motorcycle lights have shaped beams with a cutoff on the top to stop too much light from splashing up onto the face of oncoming traffic. Some bike lights also have shaped beams, but most don't; combined with the fact that you pass oncoming traffic by only a couple of feet, it can make bright lights incredibly annoying, especially if they're flashing. Plus, bikes often take more than just "a second or two" to clear you on the MUP.
I'm not as old as you, but I have been driving and cycling long enough to know how to deal with oncoming brights. That doesn't mean that, even though I can deal with them, the person with their brights on isn't an inconsiderate ****head.
Originally Posted by
hyhuu
Unless you are a MUPpet racer, riding with that much lights are just inconsiderate. But if you are, then race on.
No, please don't.
Unless you're in a sanctioned, signed, and publicized race on an MUP; in which case, go get 'em!