[SDCBC] Bike mantra: If it's night [or there's traffic then anytime], use...

[JonIsaacs at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/30/07 6:31:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
William at McHargue.Org writes:

> Although there are others, the best example I can give is riding along  
> a street with parked cars. If a vehicle enters the street with one or  
> more cars between you and them, even bright bike clothes will scarcely  
> standout when seen through several panes of auto glass. But a (very)  
> bright headlight will produce enough of a twinkle to catch the  
> driver's attention. A similar case can be made for those semi-fisheye  
> right side rearview mirrors.
> 
> 

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A couple of thoughts:

- Bright head lamps require batteries.  I need the battery for the ride home 
in the evening.  I like to be seen but I am not depending on it.  I think the 
key to being seen is road positioning.  

- If I am riding along a street with Park Cars, I position myself in the 
roadway so that a car entering the road from the right can clearly see me and 
doesn't need to be looking through the windows of the parked cars to see me.

Jon


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