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Old 08-28-14 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbubbles
North American drivers are crazy, more is better. With the dinotte level brightness, I had cops driving up to me to find out what I was (because it looked like emergency vehicles from afar), that gives drivers a lot of time to react, they aren't doing that w/ crap off-the-shelf dynamo taillights.
Oy. More is better up to a point, no? There is a point where it's too much. We can argue just where that point is, but let's establish this first.

The fact that it gets people's attentions is not proof that it's a good idea. You could also rip people out of their cars and punch them in the faces. That would get their attentions, too. I think it's a better idea to get people's attentions without hurting them.
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