Originally Posted by
bikenh
You sure about that.
I have to fess something...a bit humorous, and yes, I will get blasted for this. At the beginning of last winter I was out riding after sunset before the end of twilight. Still enough light to see by but it was getting dark. I was riding without any lighting equipment at all. I had been having no trouble whatsoever. One night I was greedy for mileage so I decided to pick up another 7-7.5 miles and head on down to the next highway intersection southeast of my house. It was pretty much dark by this time. I'm riding along and people are passing by me and I'm having no trouble at all. All of a sudden some woman pulls up by me and yells out her window "We can't see you". I about laughed my ass off. She dropped back and then pulled up by me again and said the same thing. I pretty much ignored her. If she couldn't see me how did she even know I was there. Yes, this was on a two lane rural highway.
OK, you asked for it... I don't see it as humorous at all. Riding on a road in the dark with no lights is the dumbest thing you can do. You should have thanked her for pointing it out, rather than finding it so funny. Is it legal to ride a bicycle with no lights after dark where you live? It's not where I ride.
You need to take some responsibility for your own safety, and not rely on bunch of strangers in cars looking after you.