Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NO POLITICS!

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[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg275712#msg275712 date=1518956072]
talking about bike lights that we used run and stand out in the daytime cause we were the only thing on the road in the daylight with a light (apart from volovos which were dim and yellowy ) but now our lights are lost in the sea of very bright LED DRL.

Yup, that used to be the argument when no cars ran with daytime headlights, except the aforementioned Volvos, which were heartily despised by motorcyclists anyway  :lol
And motorcyclists used to get upset when daytime lights on cars did start to become more widespread, especially when a car had a faulty bulb so only had one light on: "yeah, but you might mistake it for a bike and misjudge distances in the dark!" Er, that's in the dark...
Far more dangerous imo are these super-bright LED (or whatever) headlamps, and ALL headlamps if they're improperly adjusted, grrrrr!
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Totally agree.. Half my riding is at night and I’m sick to the back teeth of being blinded by the foccing things.
They’re far too bright and if that wasn’t bad enough, they’re blue… 6000K is far too hot. Anyone who’s been in the military, or stargazes, or hunts will say that it takes far more time to regain some night vision from blue light rather than longer wavelengths.
It’s high time the DOT caught up with the technology and introduced sensible limits for brightness and colour temperature.