Oregon does not salt roads. Cars don't die here. There are thousands of Type 1 and Type 2 Volkswagen's running around. Cars of that era, you actually had to aim your headlights periodically. How many drivers do you imagine do that? How many cyclists after removing their B&M's to go shopping at Whole Foods actually re-aim them after re-attaching them for the ride home?

More pertinent... how many seizures have you had on the MUP as a result of someone's front or rear strobe? A lot of money is spent designing those things so they DO NOT trigger seizures. You would have to be a truly exceptional case, and even then it would be difficult to prove it was the light that did it and not just that your body decided to seize for some other reason. Let it go. Flashers are here to stay. You are asking a lot of the average cyclist that they remember to shut down their flasher for the time that they are on the MUP and re-start them upon exiting.

If a driver seizes, even once, its surrender their license for two years, time. Period. Why should that be different for cyclists? Maybe because the chances of a cyclist causing grievous bodily injury to anyone else is low. The driver doesn't get to say "that's not fair, there are all these flashing lights and things... ...". Cyclists shouldn't either.