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Safety: run both front and rear lights in flash mode all day and night. Please don't do that :(. Flashing lights are terrible. In the dark it's really hard to
by microtonal 5y ago
Safety: run both front and rear lights in flash mode all day and night.
Please don't do that :(. Flashing lights are terrible. In the dark it's really hard to estimate the distance to a cyclist coming from the opposite direction with flashing lights. Secondly, the flashing is annoying to the eyes of other people in traffic as they try to adjust to light-dark-light-dark-light-... all the time.
For these reasons, flashing lights are forbidden in some countries (e.g. in The Netherlands, where cycling is one of the most popular methods of transportation) [1].
Just have the lights always on.
[1] https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/fiets/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-zijn-de-regels-voor-fietsverlichting-en-reflectie-op-een-fiets https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/fiets/vraag-en-antw...
- jl2718 5y agoRe: flashers. Point taken. Definitely no front flashers at night. I tend to think they might do something positive in bright daylight on long open roads, but I wouldn’t be the expert on other people seeing me.
- Freak_NL 5y agoWhat's so fucking annoying is that while experts agree that flashing lights decrease visibility and safety, all separate battery operated lights sold have this dumb setting. Lots of people buying them instinctively feel that the strobe setting must make them easier to spot and just use that. Some Chinese manufacturer once set the standard, and now all these lights have a single button that switches between off, half-brightness, full-brightness, and this much-maligned strobe.