Originally Posted by
kdiehl
The Dinotte taillight causes a large area to be brightly illuminated with red light. Vehicles approaching head on (from the front) see the loom of the tail light and pull over. It's happened to me numerous times.
For the last two winters of daily commuting I've been running a DiNotte 140L in "fast flash" mode, plus a PB Superflash in its flash mode...and I've never seen a car pull over and stop thinking that I was an emergency vehicle.
Perhaps the drunk drivers in Utah are a bit more skittish and inexperienced than drunk drivers in the rest of the country
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Or perhaps they think you're a "bike cop"?
Whichever, your experience appears to be unique to your situation.