Originally Posted by
zandoval
There was a guy riding around Austin Tx that had a powerful strobe flashing at half second intervals not forward or back but directly at the ground to his left - It was interesting in that it made a ring of light around the rider that you tried to stay out of... Of course he also had standard reflectors and lights but that ring of light really defined his AO...
That sounds like a really effective strategy for getting noticed without annoying anyone with a direct beam.