Originally Posted by
Looigi
Wanting to help is a good and noble, but acceptable blinkies can be found at Walmart, K-mart, etc.. for under $10. If people are riding with no lights at night, it's not due to availability or cost. It's due to profound indifference or stupidity, and there's not much you can do about that.
I predict that a lot of the cyclists I see are young college students who are here without a car, and they're riding a $100-200 bike they bought off of craigslist (or one of the many used bike shops in my area that cater to students). They can't make it out to the big box stores out in the 'burbs without planning a whole day excursion by subway/bus.
And they're naive. Some may be indifferent or stupid, but not all.