... I once had the same thing happen to me on Kings Road around the Kenwood Drive intersection. A guy behind me LAYING on his horn despite there being PLENTY...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225
Jul 5, 2005 12:14 pm
... That would be a motorist failure, primarily. ... Again, motorist failure primarily... Also, I suspect not a real measurable danger with a flat 3" amber...
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John Forester
biketransengr
Jul 5, 2005 4:03 pm
These discussions about the value or failure of reflectors fail to consider the real issue. That is, the complicity of the federal government with the bicycle...
21304
Wayne Pein
wawa42p
Jul 5, 2005 4:52 pm
... I could have done it, but this woman was clearly unstable, so I thought it best to stay behind her. Wayne...
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calvin weeks
mtnbike1560
Jul 5, 2005 5:53 pm
Reflectors work only if there is light to hit them and reflect back.the best thing for night riding is stil a blinking light. it can be seen from most angle in...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225
Jul 5, 2005 7:53 pm
... Not from my tests. ... I don't need most angles. I need the angles that come into play during overtaking manuevers. Flat 3" SAE reflector can handle that. ...
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calvin weeks
mtnbike1560
Jul 5, 2005 9:32 pm
The red lcd light that I use has and still outperforms a red reflector because the light is able to be seen up to a mile away which is long before a red...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225
Jul 5, 2005 11:27 pm
... I don't need to be seen/processed when I'm a mile away. If I am drawing too much attention while I'm a mile away, perhaps I'm being a distraction, rather...
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Doug Huffman
dhuffman_98
Jul 5, 2005 11:45 pm
Perhaps the real reason for blinkies blinking, absent any positive conspicuity effects, is to reduce their power while maintaining high apparent intensity....
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calvin weeks
mtnbike1560
Jul 5, 2005 11:51 pm
Well then Ken and don't take this wrong but you need to get out and ride at night more often look for me out there as thats when I ride the most Calvin Weeks...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225
Jul 6, 2005 12:03 am
... Hmm 5-7 days a week, though the winter's not enough? KOB...
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John A. Ardelli
jenkindala
Jul 6, 2005 9:08 am
... Hm... I'm not sure I would have had the same level of self control... overtly aggressive drivers tend to make me rather... confrontational... John A....
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Peter Rosenfeld
jprosenfeld
Jul 6, 2005 1:26 pm
... There are very few instances were a car, approaching me from the rear, will not illuminate my reflector when it's a block or so away from me. The only...
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Steven Goodridge
sggoodri
Jul 6, 2005 3:05 pm
... visible ... Indeed, this is how some digital pulse modulation headlamp controllers can dim the headlamp brightness at a high degree of efficiency. So...
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RichardMasoner
Jul 7, 2005 7:24 am
... We'll just call you Rob McEwen :-) Have you head-butted anyone lately? RFM...
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John A. Ardelli
jenkindala
Jul 7, 2005 9:47 am
... No... but I have occasionally been tempted... :P John A. Ardelli Moderator BIFIDA-L: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/bifida-l/ The Crystal...
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Doug Huffman
dhuffman_98
Jul 7, 2005 10:27 am
Argument by analogy is fraught with difficulties so much so that it is the favorite rhetorical(!) syllogism. Somewhere either your secondary 'lighthouse'...
21318
Steven Goodridge
sggoodri
Jul 7, 2005 1:58 pm
... it is the ... lighthouse's ... used, instead ... human ... In darkness, the human eye will integrate light over time such that a flash rate of faster than,...
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John Forester
biketransengr
Jul 8, 2005 3:25 pm
I had informed you all that the Wasserman law firm had accepted Prokop's case against the City of LA and had started work on it. However, a rather distant part...
21320
mgagnonlv
Jul 8, 2005 5:06 pm
... Two problems with reflectors vs car headlights in rain, fog or other low-visibility conditions. 1. Most cars sold in North America have headlights that...
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Wayne Pein
wawa42p
Jul 8, 2005 5:17 pm
... That's one good possibility. I think some motorists also may not turn lights on under low visibility conditions because they can see just fine (in their...
21322
Russell Allen Zech
learnfac
Jul 9, 2005 3:42 pm
If a huge funding source of roadways is gasoline taxes, how can bicycles claim equal use? If the automobile use were somehow sharply curtailed, how would...
21323
Jack R. Taylor
jacktaylor
Jul 9, 2005 4:46 pm
This person seems to be spamming all large yahoo bicycle groups today and using various techniques in an effort to generate attention to some new web efforts...
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John Forester
biketransengr
Jul 9, 2005 5:41 pm
Zech asked, rather peremptorily: "If a huge funding source of roadways is gasoline taxes, how can bicycles claim equal use?" Upon reading such statements, a...
21325
raz711@...
learnfac
Jul 9, 2005 6:05 pm
Mr. Forester, Thank you for the time you took to compose this response. It confirmed that, at least for now, it is only my legal automobile use that can in a...
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John Forester
biketransengr
Jul 9, 2005 6:41 pm
Mr. Zech, you misunderstand entirely. Your right to ride a bicycle on the road system is a right conferred by being a member of the public. The public has the...
21327
Verde Valley Cyclists
vvccchairman
Jul 10, 2005 11:28 am
Russell - Very good question. It is my understanding that the decision to fund roadways primarily through gasoline taxes (and make no mistake, there ARE other...
21328
Barry Childress
twowheelpark...
Jul 10, 2005 9:41 pm
The mile away is a key point here. I think the law is that a rear light needs to be visible for 500 ft. Way to dim in my book and too many rear lights barely...
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John Andersen
trikes57
Jul 10, 2005 11:13 pm
... Really? Based on what data? I've never seen a single statistic published on how far lights are visible at night. -- _____________________________________ ...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225
Jul 11, 2005 12:22 pm
Mr Zech appears to be troll and probably should be ignored. However, While John's first email included faulty analyses on issues we should avoid within...
