I believe the study actually relates to strobe lights on emergency vehicles - both causing seizures and "drawing in" impaired drivers. I'm not aware of anything specific to bike blinkies. The biggest fear there is getting yelled at by the poor guy riding behind you.
On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 5:56:33 PM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: > > I’ve heard those stories going all the way back to 1983, when a product > called “Belt Beacon” came on the market. I think this is an urban myth. > > Here’s the Belt Beacon: > http://bicycletimesmag.com/way-back-day-machine-visits-belt-beacon/ > > Mine gave good service for a few years before I updated to a Xenon > strobe-based unit and then a long succession of LED flashers. > > --Eric Norris > [email protected] <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com > campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > > On Jun 22, 2015, at 2:33 PM, 'Jack' via RBW Owners Bunch < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > I've heard the stories about blinkies mesmerizing drunk drivers but I'm > not aware of any studies to back that up. > > While I don't have a problem with a blinking rear light, I have dynamo > taillights on a few of my bikes. They are made in Germany or for the German > market and don't blink but I feel safe with them. The B&M Toplight > Line Plus is an excellent light, but for the money the Herrmans H-Track is > hard to beat. It is big and bright and the standlight lasts a long time > after the bike stops moving. (Pudge - I got mine from Intelligent Design > Cycles: http://www.intelligentdesigncycles.com/shop/herrmans-h-track.html > ) > > Most of the dynamo taillights also have a large reflector built in. > That another plus, because makes them highly visible to cars approaching > from the rear. > > On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 4:09:32 PM UTC-4, Reid wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >> >> If blinkies really do mesmerize drunk drivers, then a few million >> cyclists out there are sure taking their chances. Most people don't want to >> question mass acceptance of anything, so blinkies reign, right or wrong. >> Interesting. >> >> Reid >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
