Please be considerate of oncoming cyclists at night
I'm a bike commuter in the Seattle area. Its dark when I leave work for home. Fortunately, I ride almost the entire 15 miles on paved bike and pedestrian trails.
This week I nearly mowed down two pedestrians walking in my direction because I was blinded by an oncoming cyclist who wouldn't cover his light. Either he didn't care that he was blinding me, or he was oblivious. Either way, I covered my light, as I always do, and I was blinded by his light. I saw the walkers at the last second and swerved off the paved trail onto the grass. So, this posting is in the way of a plea to those riding at night. Please cover your light when you see an oncoming cyclist. arnie |
Please be considerate of oncoming cyclists at night
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I'm a bike commuter in the Seattle area. Its dark when I leave work for home. Fortunately, I ride almost the entire 15 miles on paved bike and pedestrian trails. This week I nearly mowed down two pedestrians walking in my direction because I was blinded by an oncoming cyclist who wouldn't cover his light. Either he didn't care that he was blinding me, or he was oblivious. Either way, I covered my light, as I always do, and I was blinded by his light. I saw the walkers at the last second and swerved off the paved trail onto the grass. So, this posting is in the way of a plea to those riding at night. Please cover your light when you see an oncoming cyclist. arnie +1 But having been blinded by bike lights when walking on park paths at night, I would say to cover your light when you see anyone coming. Having people walking around the path after destroying their night vision Is pretty rude. -- duane |
Please be considerate of oncoming cyclists at night
On 11/1/2018 7:32 PM, Duane wrote:
wrote: I'm a bike commuter in the Seattle area. Its dark when I leave work for home. Fortunately, I ride almost the entire 15 miles on paved bike and pedestrian trails. This week I nearly mowed down two pedestrians walking in my direction because I was blinded by an oncoming cyclist who wouldn't cover his light. Either he didn't care that he was blinding me, or he was oblivious. Either way, I covered my light, as I always do, and I was blinded by his light. I saw the walkers at the last second and swerved off the paved trail onto the grass. So, this posting is in the way of a plea to those riding at night. Please cover your light when you see an oncoming cyclist. arnie +1 But having been blinded by bike lights when walking on park paths at night, I would say to cover your light when you see anyone coming. Having people walking around the path after destroying their night vision Is pretty rude. I would say buy a good StVZO compliant headlamp, with a beam designed to throw light on the pavement where it's needed, not into the eyes of other road users. Ditch the primitive round beam trash that most cyclists use. Good StVZO headlamps illuminate the pavement better, they don't have hot spots that ruin your night vision, they are more efficient with their use of electricity, and they don't blind other users. It's beyond me why cyclists demand good design and high efficiency in all other bike hardware, but put up with headlamps that are as crude as stone age hammers. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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