Originally Posted by
angerdan
You're blinding car drivers even when you're running it at medium and moving the beam downwards. There's a reason why car headlights use reflectors for light distribution and beam shaping.
A good bicycle light with even 1500lm is this:
Outbound Lights
Amen!
Now that bike lights are getting this powerful, awareness of this is critical. This is something we really need to encourage for all cyclist to adhere to before there's a need for legislation forcing us into some kind of legal code. The last thing cyclist need are more of the strong arm of the law interfering with our sport/recreation. Guys make sure we're not blinding anyone.