Originally Posted by
ben4345
Especially when car headlights are anywhere between 400 - 4000 lumens out the front, EACH! Yet, I see people here claim that a 400lm bicycle light will get you into trouble on the streets. Double standards?

Back to the OP - I think a lot of the discussions on the forums about +400l lights being too bright have to do with MUP riding, where more than two or three hundred lumens can be blinding to oncoming cyclists and pedestrians