Re: Night Rider

On Oct 31, 2:15 pm, Dylan Smith <dy...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm paranoid about being rammed, so I have retroreflective
strips on my backpack, a retroreflective ankle band (with built in LED),
as well as a primary steady red rear light.

It also seemed that car drivers gave me more room at night than I
usually get during daylight hours. Hardly a scientific study, but it
seemed like a very large proportion of drivers were going right onto the
other side of the road when passing.

That's very much my experience. Some people come far too close during
the day, but I've never had that at night. I just have a single blinky
led rear light which seems entirely adequate. If you can bring
yourself to do without some of your other stuff, I suspect you will
find people still give you a wide berth.

The other thing I liked was being
able to 'see' other traffic around blind bends due to the headlights.

I like this too. Only problem is too many of them are slow at dipping
or don't dip at all. I'm planning to get a brighter light not to see
where I'm going, but just to turn on when I see a car approaching, so
that I can dip it when they come in to view and hopefully they'll do
the same.

Rob

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