Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
That's foolish. It is clearly not the point to blind people with emergency lights. If it were true, anytime a police car turned on their lights in traffic, there would be instant and frequent collisions. If a police car pulled up behind you and turned on it's lights, you'd be blinded and then crash.
Why people run into emergency vehicles not because they are blinded. Why they collide *sometimes* at intersections is because they aren't seen and are not visible enough.
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And I say it's foolish to pretend that police lights aren't meant to be obnoxious, eye catching, and so annoying they make you want to pull over because they're so distracting. I've been pulled over, that's what the point is - it's not quite blinding, it's just so distracting you can't pay attention to anything else.
They don't let you use police-level lights on your regular car.
Your last sentence is exactly my point - one puts this obnoxious, annoying, can't-look-at-anything-else light on your bike - and you *still* aren't 100% safe.
I think most of the time, cars either see you or they don't. Being as annoying as emergency vehicle lights on your bike doesn't seem to me to greatly increase your safety, but it does greatly increase your annoyance level.