Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I'll admit that flashing lights are a pet peeve of mine, but I don't think this is the situation where I think they create the hazard, especially given what you said about aiming them. .
The OP described his light as very bright. I asked the OP if he had ever looked at it from a couple hundred yards. I have personally encountered two flashing bicycle lights that were so bright that I had to immediately look away. After that, I saw spots for a while. It is possible that the OPs light was so bright that it affected the driver enough to distract him. It is also possible the driver is a jackwipe. It is also possible since where it happened was the only straight stretch in the area, that the driver took the opportunity to reach down and pick up the chunk of sausage biscuit that he dropped. Whatever the case, it should not have happened.