Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I've been using reflective bike vests with waistbands forever. A few years ago I added 2 Planet Bike blinkies to the waistband, one at each forward corner of my hip. They work. It is very obvious that drivers see them and wait to see what I am going to do. Soon after I started using them, I rode home in the dark having forgotten my headlight. Two left turning drivers waited for me to clear intersections.
Ben
If every person who rode a bike at night just wore a reflective vest I would estimate their safety factor would jump 10 fold. Reflective gear is vastly under-rated.
So you forgot the main lamp...What, no back-up? Shame on you ( ;-) ) If I forgot to charge my front lamp I'd still have my helmet torch and a front blinkie
...well, if you're using two blinkies mounted to your vest/waist I suppose that is as visible as a standard front blinkie. Got's to have a back-up "to see" lamp though.
