On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:04:29 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 02/12/2016 04:30 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:
Those stupid things should be banned, they're a distraction. Lights are
to inform you of.... someone making a turn, an ambulance, etc, etc. If
everybody has lights, you no longer notice things you should, you don't
see unlit things like pedestrians, etc. In countries like Austria where
they did proper surveys, they found that they INCREASE accidents by 12%.


Absolutely. Running daytime lights on a bike probably doesn't buy you
much in terms of people seeing you but it's at least a little edge. When
everyone's lights are on that little edge goes away.

The edge does NOT go away. Wheather a bike or a car, SOMETHING is
occupying the road ahead coming your direction. Hitting a car head on
isn't going to do any less damage to you than hitting a bike - - -