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No new tech bike light will ever make riders safer.
Seems like a dubious claim... Anyone seen those laser bike lane ones? Surprised they didn't become more of a thing.
Kimmo-
They don't achieve anything. Same as the silly green laser projection of a bike that the London hire bikes have
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A hill I’ll die on.
The only thing that will make riders safer are safer drivers. That’s it end of.
As an example when you are learning to drive you check to see if anything is coming at a junction, if there is you stop. If you were checking to see if the road way clear, so that you don’t have to stop the roads would be safer. Drivers are programmed to keep moving, don’t hold up others etc etc if the default was stop not go the roads would be safer.
Another example is when a driver has their full beam on and are driving towards you and they don’t dip the lights it’s not because they haven’t seen you it’s because fucks given none.
They can all see you when you don’t have any lights on at all, just look on mumsnet etc for countless reports of seeing seas of riders wearing black with no lights on their bikes.
Those laser lane things only work if drivers aren’t on the phone, on gas, pissed, thinking I’ve got 129 deliveries to make before I can finish my shift what’s that postcode, will the kids still be up so I can tuck them into bed when I get in.
NOBODY GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT YOU ON YOUR BIKE.
Yes all drivers. And I say that as a driver.
PhilDAS
Chaley
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.
Sorry.