Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
When I bike toured in Iceland, i asked upon arrival if I could use a flashing taillight on my bicycle at the hostel in Reykjavik, they could not understand why I was asking. It was not until I said that some parts of Europe you can't use flashing taillights, they said they had never heard that.
It's quite possible that the flashing light regulations are not enforced all over Europe, but I really don't think Iceland is the right place to inquire about cycling laws of mainland Europe.