Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?

Jym Dyer <jym@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> >>> Args. Please don't use this blinking bull****s. It
> >>> just distracts other drivers and makes them focus
> >>> on the blinking.
> >> So how is it the blinking rear lights are OK? 
> > They aren't ok.
> 
> =v= You've asserted this three times now.  What's the basis?
> Are there actual field studies indicating that blinking lights
> are a hazard?  Have they actually been correlated with greater
> danger for cyclists?
>     <_Jym_>

I recall reading somewhere that blinking bicycle lights are
illegal in some European countries.  It's probably to avoid
confusion with other uses of blinking lights.

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