Originally Posted by dinges

A few years ago on a dark and rainy night as I was driving my car a girl on bike crossed the street I was riding on. She had no light on. The *only* thing I saw of her was the 2 reflecting strips around her wheels as she entered my car lights and then disappeared again. It was a close call, by the time I saw her it was too late to react and then she had disappeared into the darkness again.