Lights on the Road

**Jackrat** · 7th September 2004, 21:28

No worrys there Le mans,I agree with everything you've just said.
There are no absolutes when it comes to road safty so it's good to consider all angles.
Just in case you ever do put a switch on a hard wired bike just cheak your rectifier will handle it first.I know some won't.
Cheers.

**Bob** · 8th September 2004, 00:39

Originally Posted by madandy

Lights on low beam on everything I ride or drive during daylight hours.

I always see an on-coming headlight before I identify the bike itself, so if you reckon it doesnt help visibility to othere guess again.
How many times have you all been about to overtake, maybe on a cloudy day or slighty misty/drizzly and realise that a car/bike (usually grey or silver or black in colour) is coming towards you, with no lights on.As it is in Sweeden(?) I mthink running lights should be compulsory on all road going vehicles.

I also have my lights on low-beam during the day - high beam I don't need much, living in London where there is constant light pollution! Except when I'm either trying to point out to someone they've left their indicator on... or more often to remind them that they HAVE indicators when they've changed lane without using them!

Not sure I want all vehicles to be hard-wired. If all vehicles have their lights on, then we lose our conspicuity. All it needs is for a truck to be lined up with our light - and we can effectively disappear (one truck headlight and our headlight sitting side by side, it could all too easily look like our light is the other truck light).

**Bob** · 8th September 2004, 00:44

Originally Posted by Motu

Also back when cops rode bikes,cars almost swerved off the road to avoid a bike set up to look like a cop bike,I've experianced that myself when I used to ride my mates Guzzi Falcone with the big cop fairing,that was fun cause you could just ignore the cars...riding in a little bubble of other peoples perception.

Still works - best person to filter/lane split behind is obviously a police bike, but failing that, find the person with a BMW with huge white fairing, yellow flouro jacket on and a white crash helmet. It is like watching the vehicular version of the parting of the Red Sea! You just tuck in behind and make the most of riding in the wake...