Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?

On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>ComandanteBanana wrote:
>> On May 1, 3:45 pm, Jon Bendtsen <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
>>>> Nothing new about it: The little furry mammals developed that
strategy
>>>> to survive among the dinosaurs (which is why we are here)...
>>>> Anyway, now my next door neighbor wants to ride at midnight... And he
>>>> ain't one of those crazy bums on a Huffy. He even bought a vest with
>>>> blinking lights (DUI drivers and SUV drivers chatting on the cell
>>> He could get a dynamo hub and some lights. The best dynamo
>>> hub should be SON from Schmidt, but it's rather expensive.
>>> The front and rear light could be from Busch + Muller, but
>>> schmidt has a real nice LED light comming real soon now(tm).
>>>
>>> See:
>>>        http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
>>>        http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html
>>>        http://www.nabendynamo.de/english/index.html
>>>
>>> JonB
>> 
>> All those lights are nice so you can see, but to be seen all you need
>> is that blinking vest. I guess.
>
>Probably other people can see all those lights as well.


Unless some drunk decides you are an intersection.

Ever wonder why cops get killed more than anyone else in traffic
collisons?

Drunks zone in on the fla****ng yellow or red lights in the back window
of a patrol car, like moths to a flame.

Gunner