Originally Posted by
jimbrown
I am wondering how many people commute off normal hours. I have been working 3PM till 11PM for the past 1.5 years and I have continued to commute by bicycle. I found out many things about commuting at night. Drivers treat me with much more respect, of course there are only about 1 car per mile most nights. Also there is also much less traffic on my way to work since I am off shift.
I have not had a single incident at night with anyone yelling at me to get off the road or anyone trying to scare me off the bicycle. Most people seem to have no problem with a bicycle at night.About the only complaint I have is people that drive with their high beams on. They don't seem to consider that it might bother me. I used to have a rear view mirror but I took it off since no one coming up behind me ever seems to consider switching back to low beams when coming up on me. Some people do but for the most part they don't.
I run 3 blinky rear tail lights and one 900 lumen led headlight. I have plenty of light at night to see and be seen.
Jim
One of the reasons you are having no problems is what I have in bold. You are running ample lights. The point is, people see that rear, and they surely see that 900 lum up front. I run basically the same thing, except double up front, and sometimes a 900+ lum on my helmet too.
Also, I gather from reading your post, you obey the traffic laws. No wrong side riding, zipping between cars, running lights.
On the other people high beams, don't look at them. You catch a glimpse that they have high beams on, the last place you want to look is at them..
