Originally Posted by mwhindy
Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought that lighting myself up could be a bad thing. The road I'll be taking is a pretty busy road and has pretty good lighting.
On the occasion or two when I've felt in danger, I've found that having a bright helmet light makes a good bit of difference. Police shine their lights in suspects' eyes to disorient them and give the light-wielder the advantage.
Ari