Originally Posted by
JPprivate
What I have recently started is, pointing the steady light at me (and my reflective jacket). So far, I have gotten positive feed back. It changes how traffic sees me, not just two bright lights coming at you, but a clearly visible guy on a bike with a bright, reflective jacket.
If you can do that and not go blind, or kill yourself by running into the back of a taxi because your pupils are the size of pinheads YOUR LIGHT ISN'T ******* BRIGHT ENOUGH!!! Stop the foolishness, buy two MagicShines, aim them the proper way, forwards, and call it good. You don't need to light up your reflective jacket, that's what the other guys headlights do. Trust me, they do a better job of it than your (obviously) underpowered 3AAA cheapo trashlight. And if he is playing bad boy and running lights out, he can't mistake two MagicShines for something he doesn't need to avoid if he is coming toward you, and if you have one or two decent flashers on your six, he won't have to run you over from behind either. No need to over-think nightime safety.
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