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

[Gene Carman]

A straight on cyclist is about as wide as a telephone pole...  Sure, 
your bright clothing will help, but so will a flashing bright light 
such as a low power LED.  Niterider (a local company) has headlights 
that have a power saving flash mode that will also attract attention.

Remember motorists are not looking for skinny profiles, they are 
looking for other cars...  cyclists can be quite "invisible" to 
motorists even when the cyclists are well placed on the road.

At 06:50 AM 12/30/2007, you wrote:
>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.
>
>
>========
>
>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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