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This is covered in the highway code and if followed, would allow for ninja cyclists. (And felled trees, wildlife, people walking home from the pub and any other obstruction/danger.)
"Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear. "
That means slowing down for blind corners and driving appropriately on unlit and narrow roads where the furthest you can see to be clear will likely be the beam of your headlights.Most people just seem to ignore this though.
johnnyhotdog
@JWestland
A CSB from a colleague: A cyclist on an unlit narrow country road, with no lights, no reflectors, no hi-vis vest and of course wearing black clothes.
My colleague is still not sure how they avoided hitting him. Well done, way to bring up the already ridiculously high death rate on the NI roads.
Ninja cyclists are unfortunately a big thing ATM in Belfast, about 50% of cyclists have no lights. I'm too jaded to shout abuse at them by now or stop and explain for £8 you get very good LEDs lights in Tesco's.