On 7/6/17 12:14 PM, Joerg wrote:

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I have never been hit from behind either but the number of close calls
has noticeably decreased since I have bright rear lights. Mission
accomplished. The best is, this was never very expensive to accomplish.

Now you can stick the head in the sand again and pretend it ain't so :-)

Just because something didn't happen to you even though you decided not
to take advantage of available safety measures, doesn't mean much.

Of course it would be equally ludicrous to claim that if you were hit,
and didn't have that safety measure, that you would necessarily have
been okay had you had the safety measure.

What most of us have found is that using adequate lighting causes a
change in behavior of motor vehicles because the cyclists is much more
visible. You have fewer close calls. You have fewer vehicles turning
left in front of you as you approach a traffic light, and fewer vehicles
exiting parking lots or driveways in your path because they can see you.

At some point it's necessary to use common sense.