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Red blink mode on the front means, "I'm not just clueless, I'm aggressively clueless."
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Originally Posted by noteon
(Post 8684557)
Red blink mode on the front means, "I'm not just clueless, I'm aggressively clueless."
I know I do. |
Well it is kinda hard finding yellow flashies for the front ..... Some places have laws against flashing white lights in front because they are for emergency vehicles only.
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way OT:
reflective tape on moving parts... a kin to "fishing lure tech"... that ought to be something to rant about.... lights, blinkies, reflectors, clothing, et al blah blah blah... right? |
^^^ .... Huh?
Sometimes you barely make sense, but this time you're pretty far out... |
Looks like english. Reads like gibberish.
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Every time a car is attempting to turn into my street from a side street on the right, I am glad for my helmet light. I turn my head and shine it directly at the driver's window. I've had 3 instances so far where they've slammed on their brakes immediately --- they were about to accelerate into their turn and would have run smack into me.
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Originally Posted by Tex_Arcana
(Post 8685637)
Well it is kinda hard finding yellow flashies for the front ..... Some places have laws against flashing white lights in front because they are for emergency vehicles only.
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Originally Posted by Fremdchen
(Post 8687741)
Every time a car is attempting to turn into my street from a side street on the right, I am glad for my helmet light. I turn my head and shine it directly at the driver's window. I've had 3 instances so far where they've slammed on their brakes immediately --- they were about to accelerate into their turn and would have run smack into me.
I have had the same experience several times. Personally, I could not care less if I momentarily blind someone while preventing them from t boning me. |
Originally Posted by Fremdchen
(Post 8687741)
Every time a car is attempting to turn into my street from a side street on the right, I am glad for my helmet light. I turn my head and shine it directly at the driver's window. I've had 3 instances so far where they've slammed on their brakes immediately --- they were about to accelerate into their turn and would have run smack into me.
That is how I use my helmet light. I have an old 1-watt led bike light on the handlebars, that is pointed directly at automobile windshield height of on-coming traffic, and a 9-led flashlight strapped to my helmet. I've positioned the helmet light to point at the ground in front of me when I'm in a seated riding position, but I can always lift my head up a little bit higher to point it directly at the eyes of drivers coming from up from the side. The helmet light is bright enough for me to see the color of their car interior, and their eyes for that matter, which makes some drivers get an angry look on their faces. I've had much fewer close-calls with this set-up, though, and that is what matters to me. I'm not doing it to be a jerk. I just don't want to get run over, and have found that your lights have to be just over the edge of annoying to make sure that they SEE YOU. |
Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
(Post 8676991)
Aside from the ability to jacklight a driver like a mule deer [...]
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