I would frame this very differently. Making yourself visible through the use of lights - front and rear - reflectors and high visibility clothing is an important part of safe riding at night and in other situations where there is poor visibility. Increasing the time that a driver has to react between first seeing you and potential contact provides an important margin of error in a situation involving even the most diligent driver. Meeting the legal requirement is the minimum and is likely not be sufficient in many situations. Bad things sometimes happen to good people - do everything you can not to be one of them.
Richard Schifreen [email protected] Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:55:51 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] 13th person in Wisconsin killed on a bike this year Message-ID: <20150920235551.horde.wucfnw7nvspgz9jq2kla...@barnum.accountservergroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Tom, Stressing the importance of having lights is all good. But in this particular case, where we have very little other information, the reader can easily assume that this is the most salient point. Not stated are any of the other possible factors, e.g. was the driver speeding? drunk? sleeping? The way I would frame is: Having good lights is good insurance against carelessly homicidal motorists who aren't paying attention. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
