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@Jimmy_Fingers
Lights. Bright lights. Arggh.
Was cycling along a bike path and had three other cyclists heading towards me. One had a light so bright its only possible energy source was a wormhole to the heart of the sun. I couldn't see anything behind it at all, and as it got closer I simply couldn't anything else but the light...the deadlights...everyone dances there.
It was actually a massive ballache so I had a go at the cyclist as the mysterious, unseen creature meant past and I was left with a dull orange glow burnt across my retina, saying for fuck's sake, do you need a light that bright? I couldn't see a thing, but didn't get a reply to.
Anyway frankly it was dangerous. Lights that bright are for off-roading on an MTB, or when travelling down unlit lanes, but in lit urban areas massively unnecessary and severely debilitating to cyclists coming in the other direction. I can still see it when I close my eyes.