Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Bicycles are held to a tighter standard to avoid "blinding" on-coming traffic which they really can't do given their lane position and lower intensity lighting.
Many others disagree about that -- bicycles can and do blind other road users in today's kilolumen-LED environment. *Most* cyclists don't blind other road users, but enough do that legislative action is essentially inevitable... the question is whether cyclists will get out ahead of that legislative action to encourage reasonable regulation, or stick their heads in the sand until unreasonable restrictions are imposed.
http://crosscut.com/2013/12/31/trans...ose-blinking-/