Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I don't see why you are so hard on the lady with 3 taillights even though one was hidden at times and you let the guy with the one blinky to the right of the cab. Her light shows up when she is stopped at the light but his is almost invisible.
As for the Red-Zone, look at the photo gallery. I don't see how the light mounted on the helmet wouldn't be equally obscured by a backpack. Sure it might be brighter but if it were mounted like the lady's light were mounted, it would be just as difficult to see. The only difference would be that you paid $100 for a hidden light instead of $25.
you're right, on all counts. particularly, a red-zone doesn't solve the "obstructed by a backpack" problem, but it does solve the aiming problem. however... mounted higher up on a helmet, a red-zone might still work with a backpack. but, a RZ could also be mounted to a backpack, and as it shifts around, the RZ would still be conspicuous... as long as it's not mounted in a totally stupid place on the bag.
as for the other lights, i'm just not picking on them in that video. i just wanted to point out that helmet-mounted lights are, more often than not, not doing what people think they're doing.