I live in Tampa Bay, Florida - Drivers are completely insane here. Everyone's looking at their phone, no one pays attention to the road. We have many accidents daily here. I've been hit once already. I want my bike to resemble an EMS vehicle to stay visible and hopefully, alive. There are so many great lights out there and if money was no object, I would have the DS-500. However, I don't have the money to buy top of the line stuff so I have to improvise. This is what I've come up with for about $70.00. I have just one of these lights on the front now and it's crazy bright for being a cheap light, and that's just using 1.



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I know these are cheap department store lights but they are surprisingly bright, and that's what's important to me. My plan is to get 3 sets: have 2 red lights and a white light on the rear, and 2 white lights and a red on the front. All the rear lights will be strobing. One of the whites on the front will be steady and the others will strobe. This will make me super visible, and I will have only spent about $70. I know it's not common to have a white on the back or a red on the front but by alternating colors I think it will draw more attention, and also meet the legal requirement to have red on the rear and white on the front.

If anyone has input I'd be interested in hearing it.