Originally Posted by
Miele Man
If it's heavily overcast then I can see where a flashing (NOT strobing) light can be useful; if your bike and clothing are dark colours and you are riding in deep shade. In bright daylight? Not so much unless you have a really powerful light. My experience is that on a sunny day I see the bicyclist long before I notice their flashing front light.
No one is saying that lights are always better (nothing will be!) but you aren't saying they are worse.
Even in bright daylight, I can see the flashing lights from much farther away.
Originally Posted by
Miele Man
I've also noticed that often a flashing rear red light on a bicycle ahead of me looks like a flashing red car taillight
That could be an advantage.
Originally Posted by
Miele Man
- in other words it's lost in all the other car taillights especially at intersections.
If it's "lost", the cyclist without the light is likely going to be "lost" too.
No one is claiming that lights always work. Nothing you said is any indication that cyclist are worse off having them.