Folks, another important aspect of headlights is the 'cutoff'. Best lights have
car-like reflectors that focus the light, with no light above a line of light
pointing ahead to the ground. We hate it when cars have their highbeams on, we
need to be more car-like. See almost all lights sold by Peter White Cycles and
almost no others (I have no connection to this shop, but have bought 4 of the
lights for self and family). Dave
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:16 PM, India Viola <[email protected]>
wrote:
John,
Thanks, I think this is a great discussion to start.I consider myself as pro
bike light as you can get, to the point where I think that all bikes (yes, all
bikes) should come with lights already installed. I mean who would think of
purchasing a car or other vehicle that didn't have headlights/tail lights?!?At
the same time I agree that some bicycle/helmet mount lights are too bright or
inappropriately placed and it becomes uncomfortable and even unsafe for
oncoming traffic, especially fellow cyclists and pedestrians.
When we are driving an auto there is an etiquette to using the high beam
headlights. The same should stand for bike lights. If you need a super bright
light to illuminate your dark passage to and fro by all means you should use
one, but it should be turned down to accommodate oncoming traffic.
What do others think? Is there a way to create a best practice for bike lights
that can become the standard?
-India
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:27 PM, john wagnitz <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm wondering if people on this list are experiencing this problem and if
there is anything we can do about it.
while I think it's great that more people are using headlights and taillights,
I'm noticing brighter headlights, strobe headlights and headlights
inappropriately mounted (on helmets and handlebars) that shine directly into
the eyes of oncoming cyclists at very close range.
I've tried to point this out to offenders as they ride by me, but there is
generally not much time to have a conversation on the problem.
it seems that only Germany and Denmark have a "maximum brightness" law but I'm
not sure if it applies solely to users or to manufacturers.
I would like to know what others are experiencing out there and if there's
anything we can do to educate people on this. as it starts to get darker
earlier, I'm sure this problem is going to get worse.
John
here's a good discussion on this topic. it looks like this is a problem in
other cities where bicycling is popular.
http://bikeportland.org/2010/12/01/ask-bikeportland-can-a-front-bike-light-be-too-bright-43743
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