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Cycling through darkest Twickenham last night I saw a bike coming
towards me showing a flashing red light at the front. I wondered what, if anything, he would have on the back so after we'd crossed I craned the old neck round to have a good look. Flashing yellow. Leaving aside the issue of whether a flashing yellow light is appropriate for the front, I can't recall having seen anyone put their lights on the wrong way round before. Maybe he thought he needed to swap them over for the return leg of his journey. :-) -- Dave... |
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On 28 Nov 2003 05:23:59 -0800 someone who may be
(Dave Kahn) wrote this:- Maybe he thought he needed to swap them over for the return leg of his journey. :-) A bike like an old fashioned tram. At the terminus change the seats round ready for the return journey:-) -- David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000. |
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Dave Kahn wrote:
Cycling through darkest Twickenham last night I saw a bike coming towards me showing a flashing red light at the front. I wondered what, if anything, he would have on the back so after we'd crossed I craned the old neck round to have a good look. Flashing yellow. Leaving aside the issue of whether a flashing yellow light is appropriate for the front, I can't recall having seen anyone put their lights on the wrong way round before. Maybe he thought he needed to swap them over for the return leg of his journey. :-) Are you sure he wasn't riding backwards? I've seen a white light put on the rear befo most annoying to have that in yer eyeballs when trying to get a draft! ~PB |
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Dave Kahn wrote:
I can't recall having seen anyone put their lights on the wrong way round before. I met someone on the Bath-Bristol cyclepath a few years ago with a red light on the front of his bike. He complained about being dazzled by my lights (6W flood aimed at the ground in front of my bike, 10W spot aimed further ahead), I pointed out that if had displayed a white light on the front of his bike then I'd have known there was someone coming towards me and would have turned the 10W light off. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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Dave Kahn was sufficiently re-animated to talk about Wrong way round
lighting in Twickers Cycling through darkest Twickenham last night I saw a bike coming towards me showing a flashing red light at the front. I wondered what, if anything, he would have on the back so after we'd crossed I craned the old neck round to have a good look. Flashing yellow. Leaving aside the issue of whether a flashing yellow light is appropriate for the front, I can't recall having seen anyone put their lights on the wrong way round before. Maybe he thought he needed to swap them over for the return leg of his journey. :-) I drive when it's cold; there's some person onna bike comes down the road just as I'm trying to back out. He has a red flashing light on the front. I watch for him now, but he ~damn~ near got knocked off by me once or twice. The problems a 1) As I look up the road, I assume that red lights are facing / travelling away from me. Not to mention that in this case, there are usually plenty more red lights who are stopped at the lights 200 yds up the road, into which he disappears. 2) Cos it's flashing, as previously discussed on this NG, it's very difficult to locate and/or tell which way he's going due to the lack of a continuous visual cue. So my brain has no reason to disbelieve (1) One day, I'll be out of work a bit late and have a chance to grab (well, call) him as he goes past. Cheers, Jon -- Why does everything nice I buy at the moment keep @##*%ing breaking? NOT!! nospam=defblade |
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"Dave Kahn" wrote in message
om... Cycling through darkest Twickenham last night I saw a bike coming towards me showing a flashing red light at the front. I wondered what, if anything, he would have on the back so after we'd crossed I craned the old neck round to have a good look. Flashing yellow. Leaving aside the issue of whether a flashing yellow light is appropriate for the front, I can't recall having seen anyone put their lights on the wrong way round before. Maybe he thought he needed to swap them over for the return leg of his journey. :-) Never seen that, although from other comments it seems not that uncommon. W h y would anyone do that? It just seems like gobsmacking stupidity. Are they so lacking in intelligence they haven't managed to pick up a clue about which way round they're supposed to go by observation, or just so lacking in intelligence that they can't realise why it's important for their own safety that they conform to the norm? Rich |
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Jon Martin wrote:
he ~damn~ near got knocked off by me once or twice. You didn't learn the first time? 1) As I look up the road, I assume that red lights are facing / travelling away from me. What about stopped/reversing cars? 2) Cos it's flashing, as previously discussed on this NG, it's very difficult to locate and/or tell which way he's going due to the lack of a continuous visual cue. In which case it might make you drive a bit more carefully? Simonb |
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Simonb criticised:
1) As I look up the road, I assume that red lights are facing / travelling away from me. with: What about stopped/reversing cars? Stopped cars will at least not be travelling towards the OP. Reversing cars are legally required to display white reversing lights, which offer a pretty good clue to the direction of travel. 2) Cos it's flashing, as previously discussed on this NG, it's very difficult to locate and/or tell which way he's going due to the lack of a continuous visual cue. In which case it might make you drive a bit more carefully? How do you know that the OP needs to drive more carefully? Flashing lights not backed up by a continuous light *are* difficult to locate and track. As a motorist, I hate them. As a cyclist, I hate them even more. When I'm coming up behind someone, I want to see a steady light so that I can always see where they are. I can't usually rely on street lighting and it's nice to be able to see someone before they get into range of my front lights. -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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"Danny Colyer" wrote in message ... Reversing cars are legally required to display white reversing lights, Are they? Mine passed its MOT recently without working reversing lights. (They are fixed now). T |
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I wrote:
Reversing cars are legally required to display white reversing lights, To which Tony W responded: Are they? Mine passed its MOT recently without working reversing lights. (They are fixed now). I shall eat my words at this point, because I've just checked the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations [1] and could find no requirement for reversing lamps. In fact they are covered under "Optional lamps, reflectors, rear markings and devices". [1] http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_1.htm -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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