Originally Posted by
Ziemas
Why would you want to be a dick and blind drivers?
Blinding drivers with a 140-lumen light?
Maybe if I had a >1000-lumen red fog light on the rear,
a la some fancy European cars, or, I dunno, a firetruck covered with 50 strobes that all have more power than a DiNotte taillight does. Yeah, we got to do something about those firetrucks. Then there's the setting sun in my eyes... I mean, who does God think He is, anyway?
OK, so you don't want a DiNotte, you don't think you need one... we get it. But some people do want/need one. I just finished a 60-mile / 96km commute home via state and rural highways, starting at 6PM and finishing at 9:45, and there were plenty of places where I was glad to have "too much" taillight power to help me show up against the setting sun (among other things).
Having used both the DiNotte and the even more powerful Nova quite a bit, I've received nothing but positive remarks. Strangers opening their window to tell me it was easy to spot me in traffic. Strangers wanting to know what kind of taillight that is / where can they get one. Co-workers giving me enthusiastic reports about how well I show up. And on my ride tonight, the lady in the blue Subaru slowly passing me in downtown Cheney and yelling "NICE LIGHT!
" as she went by. You'd think if I were a "dick," as you put it, someone would've said so by now
If you do a Forum search for "DiNotte," I think you'll see that other BF members also get compliments for theirs, too.
I agree. Much more effective if you cast a pool of red light on the road behind you.
Umm, wrong. In daylight, or anything close to daylight, that's a worthless tactic. Did you think we only use them in the dark?
And in the dark, you still want it aimed towards the driver, not down. Especially if you have heavy traffic to be seen in...
What is the real story here, anyway... are you guys worried that you'll be blasted with DiNotte taillights on the MUP, or what? And to answer the question in the original post, yeah, there's something with the power of a DiNotte for less money.
A Nova or Whelen baby-sized emergency-vehicle strobe.
Tangentially, this all reminded me of a guy who came into the bike shop last year, and the manager was showing him taillights. The guy was
offended at the SuperFlash. He said the SuperFlash was MUCH too bright, my goodness, only a terribly rude person would ever use one of those! What would people think if he went around blinding people with a SuperFlash?! Fortunately I didn't talk to him in person