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Blinking lights save power and lead to longer battery life, hence the cycle lights with different blink settings. The power savings can be substantial, one of t
by Yetanfou 8y ago
Blinking lights save power and lead to longer battery life, hence the cycle lights with different blink settings. The power savings can be substantial, one of the back lights I use switches between 'full on' (3 leds, full power) and 'walking blink' (¼ second on/off). Subtract the (negligible) power used by the timer IC and you end up with a factor 6 difference in favour of the blinking light. Here in Sweden blinking lights are still allowed, one of the places where you'll meet them is on the railroad as Swedish trains have blinking back lights.
- jacobush 8y agoBlinking headlights on bicycles are not allowed in Sweden. (It's hard to argue with the market forces of millions little LED lamps though, combined with disregard or not knowing about the law.) http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/inga-blinkande-framljus-p%C3%A5-cykeln-1.48667 http://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/inga-blinkande-framlj...
- Yetanfou 8y agoHeadlights, no. Blinking taillights are allowed though (with a minimum blink frequency of ~3.3 Hz / 200 per minute) and those are the ones I mentioned. Blinking taillights do make bicycles stand out more which can only help in a country like Sweden where cycle paths are as rare as hen's teeth. In the Netherlands (where I'm from originally) this is less urgent as there are plenty of cycle paths.
- jacobush 8y agoIf you speak of for instance Stockholm, they are rare. In some other cities (I don't want to out myself) they are everywhere.