Originally Posted by
Marcus_Ti
Those lights and riding in city limits is actually more dangerous.
Outside city limits there are usually few or no light sources other than vehicles. So even lower power lights are somewhat or moderately effective.
Inside city limits, you have lots of car headlights, you have lots of sodium-street lamps with poor coverage. Resulting in everyone's eyes not being adapted to low-light....meaning to see and be seen you need much brighter lighting than you otherwise would on a country road.
+1, it takes much more light to stand out in contrast in the low light of dusk or urban street lights. In full dark you can get by with a candle (if it doesn't blow out).