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This is going to sound trite, but there is nothing wrong with 99% of the bike lights on the market. No new tech bike light will ever make riders safer. Drivers don’t look, don’t care or are just bad drivers.
Unless your light has a way of physically stopping a car that is.
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to reduce the risk of cycling
would like more details on exactly what is the 'risk' to offer an opinion :)
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A couple of left-field ideas that I've mused on for rear lights:
The best way to allow drivers to judge closing speed is to have two or more distinct light sources, since these will visually diverge as you close. I think you can already get a light bar, but it might be an idea worth tinkering with to improve. For example a lightweight horizontal beam with a light at each end.
Secondly aircraft carriers have an system of lights that indicate to pilots their angle relative to the desired glides path. I wondered whether a similar thing could be designed for a bike to show extra lights to drivers if they are too close or change the display when they are passing with enough clearance.
No idea about the feasibility of these. Just idle speculation.
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Muayed is proposing to design a better bike light, to reduce the risk of cycling.
I'm certain the hive mind here can offer him some suggestions based upon experience,
not just of cycling at night,
but also the demerits of those bike lights already commercially available.