Originally Posted by
Miele Man
The BIG problem with any flashing light in daytime or nighttime use is that drivers can't discern how far away you are from them. That's why i use a steady-on taillight as well as a flashing one at night. In the daytime I don't need or see the need for a DRL. Unless it's heavily overcast or raining.
Also, there's a HUGE difference between a fast-flashing light and a strobe or extremely rapid flashing light. the strobe-like lights are extremely annoying to those approaching.
Cheers
Yeah i agree, and that's a subject in itself. I personally find it especially difficult to tell the distance of the brighter flashers, which can look like flickering car headlights far away (objects in the foreground eclipsing them) only to realise it's a flasher right up close to me...
That said, i find static ones worse, blending in with street lights etc. The small size of bike lights may be to blame, with smaller things appearing further away - a motorcycle with only a sidelight on is clearly a motorcycle against any background.