Thanks Eric. That was my point. My legal light only allows me to see 75 to 100 feet in front of me at best.
-------------------------------------------------- On 12 Jul 2012 at 12:56, Eric Sundquist wrote: Beingvisible from 500 feet doesn't mean that you can see for 500 feet. From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: Michael Rewey <[email protected]> Cc: 'Bikies' <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Sly Delivers Fact-Lite Screed on Bike Path Lighting A speed of 17mph =~ 25 feet/sec. 500 feet of visibility gives you a limit 20 seconds of reaction time for a stationary object. An object coming toward you, of course, would further reduce reaction time. And if you don't react promptly, you'll be seeing start of a different type. Quoting Michael Rewey <[email protected]>: > A thought on legal bicycle headlights - the only requirement is that they > must be visible from > 500 feet. That does not guaranty that they are strong enough to illuminate a > path or see a > dark object. I bike quite often at night and I always rely on street lights > to supplement my > legal headlight. > > Mike Rewey > > -------------------------------------------------- > On 12 Jul 2012 at 10:30, George Perkins wrote: > > Agree. I bike 7 ½ miles one-way twice a day. I average around 15mph to get to > work in 35 > minutes. It is totally reasonable to expect I go at this moderate speed on > bike paths and > bike lanes. I use a bell to signal when passing. > > Bus takes 55 minutes. By car 20 minutes without traffic, 30 minutes if > traffic is heavy. > Maybe more people would be biking if they know how easy and quick it is - add > some non > intrusive appropriate path lighting and more would be biking on the SW > Commuter Bike > Path after 5:00pm in the winter when it is already dark. > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Grant Foster > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Bikies > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Sly Delivers Fact-Lite Screed on Bike Path Lighting > > > I agr > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
