Originally Posted by
ab_antiquo
Lights can be quickly dimmed and/or pointed away on the rare occasion that someone is coming towards me.
What’s happening here is that some are folks are assuming that all bike and pedestrian paths mirror their local examples and getting preachy with their myopic generalizations.
You're right. I travel on the US's most heavily used bike commuting route, the Hudson River Greenway. I think it sees 6,000 bike commuters per day. People come towards me often, not rarely. I'll concede there are uses for super bright lights, but using one requires responsibility.