On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 16:13:01 -0800 (PST), Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 5:21:09 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-02-08 14:05, Ian Field wrote:


"Joerg" wrote in message
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On 2018-02-06 18:56, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/6/2018 1:52 PM, sms wrote:
My wife's Lezyne Deca 1500XXL stopped taking a charge, at all. Taking
it apart, I saw that the batteries were made in July 2015. Not too
good for it to stop working that soon.

Some of my bikes have dynamos that are 30 years old. They just keep
going and going and going...


Until you get to a red traffic light, to a stop sign or into a traffic
jam. The perfect spot at night to get hit by a car driver who didn't
see you because you were on the only unlit vehicle around.

AFAIK: dynamo lighting is illegal in the UK for exactly that reason.


All it takes is you standing in the left turn lane and some soused guy
in a hurry cutting across that area, seeing you about one second before
impact. Of course, Frank won't understand that but luckily your
lawmakers did.

Except, of course, that's all false.

- Frank Krygowski

https://www.cyclinguk.org/cyclists-l...ng-regulations
The post is dated Thursday, 19 October 2017

And states in part:
"Dynamo powered lights are legal even though traditionally they have
gone out when you stop (modern dynamo systems have 'standlight'
technology which means that the light stays on for a while after you
have stopped - another German legal requirement). In the UK it is
legal to have a light turn off when you stop."

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Yet another argument about an imagined condition.


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Cheers,

John B.