[SDCBC] Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit By Mercedes

[markw]

This one was completely avoidable from the sounds of it.  It seems like
more and more I'll be driving at night, and see some sort of movement on
the side of the road, sure enough, it's someone on a bike with no
lighting and dark clothes. :(


Serge Issakov wrote:
> Huh.  I always that side reflectors were useless.
> 
> If the bicyclist is moving perpendicular to the motorist, consider how
> long he will be in the motorist's headlights.   Even only 10 mph is 14
> feet per second.  How wide is the span of a car's headlights even 2
> seconds in front of the car?  It seems to me that by the time the
> cyclist is in the "cone" of the headlights, it's too late for the
> motorist to notice and react.
> 
> A nice bright headlight, on the other hand, should get the motorist's
> notice long before it's too late when he naturally looks in the
> direction traffic might be coming from.
> 
> Serge