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.
From the front facing back at you or from behind?
My biggest concern is being visible by overtaking traffic on the higher speed (45mph), one lane, no shoulder, no bike lane road that i'm first thing in the morning (now dark) and last thing in the afternoon/evening (again this time of year it's dark).
I've thought about doing the same except positioning the light on the rear rack, facing forward and up to shine on my back/helmet. Kind of a rear "uplight".
I don't know if it would prove worthwhile or not but I have considered it.
On the original topic, I already run a blinkie on my helmet, a blinking tailight on the rear rack and usually I run the tailight on the fender on steady.