17-02-15, 10:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-02-15, 10:10 AM by fazersharp.)
I think I may see what factors COULD of contributed to this one. Youngsterbiker is not at fault here.
I blame cars daylight running lights. I always ride with my bike lights on as do a lot of bikers, a few years ago before the stupid EU ruling when cars did not have to have them, if you saw a light you knew it was a bike or a volvo and could see them a mile off.
But now we are lost amidst a sea of lights, and there seems to be a stupid fashion from car manufactures building cars with ever fancier light clusters with shapes and patterns just to build a brand into lights that can be reconcilable for miles. And they are designed to compete with the sun on the brightest of days but in this country with many months of low light and long twilight they are just too bright.
I have taken to wearing a high vis top through the winter months as just having my lights on is no longer enough.
Sorry for ranting on your post youngsterbiker ! I blame noggys post --- he set me off
I blame cars daylight running lights. I always ride with my bike lights on as do a lot of bikers, a few years ago before the stupid EU ruling when cars did not have to have them, if you saw a light you knew it was a bike or a volvo and could see them a mile off.
But now we are lost amidst a sea of lights, and there seems to be a stupid fashion from car manufactures building cars with ever fancier light clusters with shapes and patterns just to build a brand into lights that can be reconcilable for miles. And they are designed to compete with the sun on the brightest of days but in this country with many months of low light and long twilight they are just too bright.
I have taken to wearing a high vis top through the winter months as just having my lights on is no longer enough.
Sorry for ranting on your post youngsterbiker ! I blame noggys post --- he set me off
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.