Anytime I wore Hi-Viz while out cycling, rather then keeping me safe it seem to identify me as a target
There are studies that back that up. That drivers drove closer to cyclists in Hi-Viz than those without.
I've linked to a few of those over the years, here's one where they measured passing distances with and without high-vis and found no difference in rates of dangerous overtakes.Could you link to these studies?
Could you link to these studies?
Does that mean that bicycle lights are pointless
Yes, a lot of cyclist's are the authors of their own misfortunes including myselfI'm not ragging on drivers either
Perhaps an element of target fixation. It's sometimes considered a factor in drivers hitting a vehicle stopped on the shoulder of motorways. Humans have a natural instinct to move towards an object they are focussed on, hence sports like skiing, cycling, etc. train participants to focus intently on where they want to go particularly when around obstacles.Human nature. Drivers do something similar like blindly following lights at night. Etc. I assume that's what they do with cyclists.
Dynamo lights don't meet the legal requirement for bikes to be lit after darkI have a dynamo
Dynamo lights don't meet the legal requirement for bikes to be lit after dark
Some dynamos have a capacitor to keep the lights on when stopped. Sounds like @Brendan Burgess has one of those.Dynamo lights don't meet the legal requirement for bikes to be lit after dark
Dynamo lights don't meet the legal requirement for bikes to be lit after dark
I don't think @Leper or anybody is suggesting that the roads are death traps but rather it can be a dangerous environment for all road usersSomething like 100k cycle daily in Ireland. If the roads were death traps as claimed it would carnage daily. But it isn't.
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