28-11-2012, 06:42 PM
I always have my dipped beams on due to several incidents where other people havent seen me! Luckily they were minor bumps and not full on crashes. Yes I can see the point that by having lights on in the day it may be harder to see the brake lights but most of us have 3rd brake lights and the difference between side lights and brake lights is pretty big!
The comment about bikes being not being seen with lights on during the day because of cars with lights on is silly. It just means there are more lights to notice. I doubt many people think... oh there is someone with their lights on during the day must be a bike! In my experience it is very good that most modern bikes do have the lights on as they are incredibly hard to see... for example on my way to work there is a merging from 3 lanes to two and there are always bikes doing stupid speeds down the middle!
With regards to flash people in i dont use my fogs because it takes me a while to find them... yep im obviously not used to having them on all the time like some twats on the road. Ill normally double flash people! Also people driving with sidelights or fogs is annoying 'neaust' does this! D: and also people driving with just sidelights at night because the street lights provide them with enough light to see where they are going... ffs! its so others can see you as well as you being able to see where youre going!
I know you can get brake light flashers off ebay for about £10 or cheap from asia however im not sure of th legality. It has to be a solid constant brake light so imo that means there cant be flashes. It has been proven that a rapidly flashing light is much more attention grabbing than a solid light which is why most of the flashers will flash 3 times and then become solid. I think theyre a good idea and ill probably make my own from a microchip and program it when im back from uni. Maybe ill add some knightrider patterns for shows as well
The comment about bikes being not being seen with lights on during the day because of cars with lights on is silly. It just means there are more lights to notice. I doubt many people think... oh there is someone with their lights on during the day must be a bike! In my experience it is very good that most modern bikes do have the lights on as they are incredibly hard to see... for example on my way to work there is a merging from 3 lanes to two and there are always bikes doing stupid speeds down the middle!
With regards to flash people in i dont use my fogs because it takes me a while to find them... yep im obviously not used to having them on all the time like some twats on the road. Ill normally double flash people! Also people driving with sidelights or fogs is annoying 'neaust' does this! D: and also people driving with just sidelights at night because the street lights provide them with enough light to see where they are going... ffs! its so others can see you as well as you being able to see where youre going!
I know you can get brake light flashers off ebay for about £10 or cheap from asia however im not sure of th legality. It has to be a solid constant brake light so imo that means there cant be flashes. It has been proven that a rapidly flashing light is much more attention grabbing than a solid light which is why most of the flashers will flash 3 times and then become solid. I think theyre a good idea and ill probably make my own from a microchip and program it when im back from uni. Maybe ill add some knightrider patterns for shows as well