Originally Posted by
noglider
More visible than lights? Relying on the intensity and placement of car headlights in relation to your reflector is placing a big bet. Reflective material is great as a supplement, but I would not use it as a replacement for lights.
At the time the article was published, yes. (Probably was the 1980s, long before LEDs came along.)
And for the purpose of making yourself identifiable as a bike rider, yes. Though as dusk approaches, I add a helmet-mounted light with steady white in front and blinking red in back.