A van driver who killed a cyclist after failing to see him on the road, despite the 54-year-old riding with two rear lights, has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence.Graham Nash was riding his bike on a single carriageway section of the A65 Settle bypass in Craven, North Yorkshire on 6 August 2024, when ... Read more
Two rear lights don’t really make you twice as safe. Silly thing to focus on.
every time i had an incident and the drivers just excused themselves with the “i didn’t see you”, i upgraded my lights to brighter, more visible ones.
except the last one, 2 weeks ago. Now it would be absurd to buy an even brighter light. I just told them to “look” and drive slower if they can’t see. If you don’t see a cyclist using a bike line on a Dutch roundabout under street lights, no bike light can help you.
Exactly, the problem is drivers are distracted or simply don’t look out for cyclists and miss them. Having 1 or 2 lights has little to do with it.
Some guy once had to break suddenly because he didn’t see me when I was crossing the road on a marked, well lit pedestrian crossing. His excuse also was that he “didn’t see me”. Drivers have to pay attention. Cyclists and pedestrians can’t do much about it.
every time i had an incident and the drivers just excused themselves with the “i didn’t see you”, i upgraded my lights to brighter, more visible ones.
except the last one, 2 weeks ago. Now it would be absurd to buy an even brighter light. I just told them to “look” and drive slower if they can’t see. If you don’t see a cyclist using a bike line on a Dutch roundabout under street lights, no bike light can help you.
Exactly, the problem is drivers are distracted or simply don’t look out for cyclists and miss them. Having 1 or 2 lights has little to do with it.
Some guy once had to break suddenly because he didn’t see me when I was crossing the road on a marked, well lit pedestrian crossing. His excuse also was that he “didn’t see me”. Drivers have to pay attention. Cyclists and pedestrians can’t do much about it.