Originally Posted by
63rickert
How many thousands of people see the strobe lights on your bike?
Tell me how many people have epilepsy. Tell me how many have photosensitive epilepsy. Look up those numbers and tell me none of those people matter. Let's just discount them all. They have a disease so they're not human and they don't count.
A whole range of symptoms below full scale seizures occur. You just don't care. You don't care what happens if you do trigger a seizure. Anybody who cared at all would not use strobes.
The statistics are even a worse argument on the bike paths. Epileptics can be ineligible for drivers licenses if they are not seizure free for a period of time. I don't think it's much of a stretch to say that probably means that a disproportionate number of people who rely on bikes or walk for transportation are epileptic. Thus, the probability of encountering someone with photosensitive epilepsy on a MUP might be considerably higher than on the street.
The guy you're quoting is a troll btw. Already on my ignore list. Appears to be a sock puppet for a banned user-- newbie with grudges is a pretty good tipoff.