If the roads are relatively empty, pedal and ankle reflectors will make the cyclist visible in headlights for a long ways.
But what about when the cyclist is approaching from either side at an angle? Or riding in busy traffic? Often, when I see a cyclist ahead of me riding in the right hand side of the right hand lane, they are only visible from the butt up. Headlights, rear lights and reflectors mounted below the saddle are hidden behind the cars in front of me. So only the lights or reflective clothing worn from the butt up increase the cyclists' visibility as I approach the cyclists from the rear. Steady rear lights on racks or saddles can be confused for the tail light of one of the cars ahead of me, as perceiving the distance of one particular red light in traffic can be confusing. I'd rather see a blinky up ahead of me to tell me there is someone somewhere up ahead riding on two wheels. But if car drivers are texting, they can probably tune out the most obnoxious bike lights if they can miss seeing my Honda CRV. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
