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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by haspok on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:27AM (#42316167)
Blinking / flashing bike lights were kind of OK when they were in the 10-20 lumen range. But nowadays even the cheap ones are on the order of several hundred lumens, which is a completely different game. It is possible to buy a 1000 lumen light for around 50 EUR (Magicshine), now consider that a single car headlight is around 1500 lumens... These lights have no cutoff beam.

The problem is not even cars though, but other cyclists. Even with a cutoff beam it is easy to blind oncoming traffic if the light is not setup correctly. Flashing, it should be illegal.

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by Reason077 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:28AM (#42355196)
At least car headlights are aimed down, below the eye-level of other drivers, and this is actually checked and enforced in the UK. But many cyclists install high-powered LED beams and aim them upwards, at the eye level of other cyclists. It's even worse when they're flashing/strobing lights!
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