John B. wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Thursday, February 8, 2018, Joerg wrote:

"Joerg" wrote:
On 2018-02-06 18:56, Frank Krygowski wrote:

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

30 years? That's nothing! I remember that even 30 years ago, they just
didn't make 'em like they used to.

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.

What happened to your CSPC reflector set that guarantees your safety, Jorge?
Swapped it for brewing supplies?

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.

I'm sure you or a direct FOAF have witnessed plenty of such incidents, both
in the Low Countries and in Gnarly Joerg County, actually leading to crashes
and grave injuries.

Except, of course, that's all false.

Because drivers are actually using headlights and looking when they are in a
hurry? Or is it a paradoxical of traffic density ("Nobody goes there
anymore. It's too crowded"?)

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

And claims in part:
^^^
IFTFY.

"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."

Just as in Germany, and elsewhere where reflectors are supposed to work well
enough to indicate a stationary vehicle. Unless the actual law states
otherwise, nothing illegal about riding a bicycle with a dynamo light whose
standlight feature is either inexistent or even non-functional.

Yet another argument about an imagined condition.

Half-imagined argument, too.