On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:57:33 AM UTC-8, Bob wrote:
Hello,



What do most folks do:


Rear Red Light set to Blink
Front White one on Steady

Or,...?

Thanks,
Bob

The idea is to draw the attention of an approaching driver. This means that the rear should be blinking. As Mr. Harding says, it is difficult to judge speed and distance of a blinking light but that's the idea. In the US cars and trucks will give you a much wider clearance than if they can accurately judge where you are and how fast you're traveling.

The same with a front light. LED lights cannot show you the road plain enough to be used to light your way but on blink they can scare the cars at intersections so that they give you right of way and more clearance.