I totally agree. We've, here in Louisville on our local bicycle club list, have had the same discussion. It's amazing how many people commute with little or poor lighting. A few weeks ago a commuter was killed. The young man was riding in the outside lane on a busy boulevard early in the morning (dark) wearing dark non-reflective clothing with a tinny rear light and no front light. The motorist stated she did not see him until it was too late to avoid him. It's tragic and he, as a cyclist, had a right to be on the road but........ Bill In a message dated 12/10/2010 8:00:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mhech...@gmail.com writes:
I live in northern VT, one ride below the nth parallel. I'm 6 miles down the road to the nearest shops and services. Sunset, this time of year is around 4:30 and until the big lakes freeze over, the weather tends to be cloudy and snowy. With the moon in its last quarter its very dark, very early. It has snowed slowly and steadily through the week, leaving about 15" of snow cover and the road shoulders with an inch or two of packed and loose snow. The skies started to clear a bit yesterday and the temps dropped , +14 at sundown and -10 by sunrise this morning. I headed into town at 5:00, in my car and drove down an unlit country road, passing a nearly steady stream of commuters headed home up the road. Suddenly I saw a very bright bicycle light coming up the road. As I passed him (her?) I saw that the tail light was just avgas. My first thought was, wow that takes some guts, but my second thought was that's more risk than I would ever want to take on a bicycle, and my third thought was I don't mind riding in the dark; I don't mind riding in the cold; and I don't mind riding in the wet. But that much cold, dark, wet and risk all at the same time is something I wouldn't choose to do, unless it was absolutely necessary. What do you think? Michael on a gloriously beautiful morning -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goggle Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bow-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
