I'm glad you're okay. When I ride with the sun behind me or approach an intersection where I might get left hooked, I flip on my headlight. I have a home built MR16/fog light affair that I control with a switch mounted in a box above my right brake lever. I just flick it with my thumb and it's on. Even in the daylight, it seems to get drivers' attention. I figure that even if I switch to LEDs, I'll get a smaller battery and keep the light for getting drivers' attention.