Originally Posted by
AmsterDan
Hey everybody,
Just wanted to bring up a point that I have noticed while driving my car at night. Numorous times I've passed cyclists with their red blinkies on and I actually found the flickering bright red lights fairly distracting. A steady red light would be more than suffecient to get noticed and when driving by it's more a 'I know this cyclist is there'. When it's flickering I find myself being annoyed by it and gives the impression of being blinded and gives a worse sense of where the cyclist is. This is my personal finding ... what do you guys think?
Daniel
I couldn't disagree more. I tend to notice the flashing blinky but the steady red light just blends in with the sea of red car tail lights. If you want to be invisible then go with the always on light, if you want to be seen go with the blinky.
I also have a Dinotte front light and use that in flash mode. I've had vehicles pull over after passing me with that sucker on in blink mode.
