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Jono

Jono

Jono

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Hallo,

This is a fair request and I promise I will not judge any person only as a teenager. If you will constantly remind yourself that some of my generation judges people by their race, their belief, or the colour of their skin. And that this is no more right than saying all teenagers are drunken dope addicts or glue sniffers.

OK, so now that I've got (or lost) your attention, please please please, if you're out on your bike or walking by a road or anything - please don't try to stick out like a sore ninja.

I've seen at least a dozen cyclists, wearing black or dark colours with no lights on their bike, riding in the dark (after 5pm). Sometimes along unlit or poorly-lit roads.

Same thing for pedestrians/dog walkers/joggers...

I'm not saying you have to look like a twonk, in a high-vis vest/jacket/bobble hat, but it would certainly help me to not run the risk of running you over when you leap out into the road or you suddenly "appear" by the side of or in the road.
At least if I know you're there I can have some chance of anticipating you doing something suicidal.

Be safe. Be seen.

Don't be that kid that got knocked down by a taxi last night because she was wearing all black.
 
Thing is, when i was at school they were giving away thousands of reflective stickers for clothes/bikes etc. Also Shreddies got in on the act and you could send off for a reflective crossband thing.

I do hope that high-vis stuff does come into fashion. As thepeganator said: "Is scary".
 
david334 said:
i know isnt it annoying when cyclist just pull out of nowhere or when your driving and they just pop out because of there low vistability

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That's all very well and cool, but if people don't spend about £5 for some cheap and cheerful LED lights... they're not gonna fork out (presumably) £LOTS for those things.

(although I would love some) - but then I like to be seen.
 
Rusty_Noob said:
As a teenager I never saw the point of lights on my push bike, I could cycle around without hitting anything, so what was the point?

When I started driving a car however I realised how stupid and naive I was to believe that I didn't need lights on my push bike and then realised the lights aren't for the cyclist, they're for other motorists on the roads to see you, not for you to see.

I've just started cycling again and have some decent Cateye lights which cost about £60 and I wouldn't dream of cycling without them in the dark.
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/doffs hat.

I have the same attitude towards my car's lights when the light's not particularly brilliant.
I'd rather be seen as early as possible to prevent some nob overtaking because they didn't see me coming the other way.

People who have no lights on or only sidelights in Fog are just retarded.
 
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