Gotta agree with Raiden. Why do you want to look like a car or motorcycle. The blinking lights says, "I'm not normal, I'm not a normal vehicle, pay attention idiot." It's why I use it on both the front and rear. I was surprised how well my Niterider 750 doesn't annoy the living crap out of me when it's on blinking mode during the night last summer when I did a full overnight ride between NW LA and SW AR. I was able to see the road fine and the battery lasted all night long. On steady mode I wouldn't have had the light during the latter part of the night since the battery would have run dead. The blinking mode helps to even attract the attention of the drivers from the rear. I had lost the battery door and the batteries out of my taillight shortly after I left for the ride. It was already completely dark by the time I lost the door/batteries so I knew trying to go back and find it wasn't going to be worth it so I just kept riding until I got to the next Walmart around 1AM. I had plenty of drivers come up from behind me and all of them gave me ample room. I think they were seeing the headlight flashing/reflecting on the road signs. I know the reflecting off the road signs in front of you can definitely draw attention, it does to me. A steady light on the signs won't be noticed by the drivers but when the sign is flashing at them, flashing from you headlight lighting it up, it will draw attention.

My biggest problem over the years has been the lack of any decent quality taillights. I haven't seen one yet I would give a passing grade to. I been through so many darn taillights it's incredible. Either I've lost them off the bike due to a piss poor mounting system. I've lost battery doors off them. I've had them quit working for me because water from the rear tire got splashed up into the on/off switch and shorted it out. The list goes on. I've had 5 or 6 of them and none of them have passed my muster test as of yet. Now all the stupid new lights they are bringing out either uses watch batteries or you have to recharge them with a USB plug. What if I'm not around a USB port...stupid morons. Just give me a decent AA or AAA battery taillight with decent battery life(60-80 hours), a mounting system that will stay on the bike and not fall off with a battery door that will stay on and has decent water protection and I would buy it. Nothing like that is on the market...at least nothing I have seen thus far.