Originally Posted by
Skyler_WA
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.
+1. My 140L is not going to burn out anyone's retinas, and the object is to "be noticed". I turn mine off if I'm on a MUP, but out on the road, they're aimed "right between the eyes" (I even bias it a little to the left to account for the fact that my bike is on the right edge of the roadway).
I have yet to hear of a single complaint from a driver. But, last winter I had several that caught up to me at traffic lights and complimented me for being so visible.