I don't understand why so many people are so timid about using their lights to their maximum ability to minimize the possibility of getting run over by a motor vehicle. A 200L isn't going to hurt a motorist's eyes any more than the headlights of other cars that they see all the time.

I don't ever want to be laying in an ambulance (or worse, a grave) thinking "Maybe I shouldn't have crippled my light by pointing it at the ground" -- that's why I run my 600L on full strobe mode during the day and full steady mode at night whenever I'm riding on roads around motor vehicles. Same thing for my 140R taillight -- full strobe mode pointing straight back, day and night, whenever I'm on the road.