On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 2:05:09 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/14/2017 10:57 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:19:22 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 3/13/2017 2:06 PM, Joerg wrote:

Then you'd be back to this inferior dynamo lighting which goes out at
the traffic light, or uses dimmed or short-lived light if there is a
supercap installed.

Where are the tragic tales of cyclists who are seriously injured or
killed because their dynamo standlights were too dim or too short-lived?
Somehow those tales have failed to make it into the safety literature!

There are no such tales because a cyclist that is not in motion could
be considered a pedestrian.

"Pedestrian Deaths Make Up a Rising Share of U.S. Traffic Fatalities"
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/03/09/pedestrian-deaths-make-up-a-rising-share-of-u-s-traffic-fatalities/
"In a typical year, nearly 5,000 Americans are killed while
walking".
I wonder how many of those were actually cyclists walking their
bicycles or waiting at a stop sign or signal (with or without a stand
light)?

I suspect the answer is zero. Especially those waiting at stop signs or
signals.

But a cyclist walking his bike _is_ a pedestrian, and has no more legal
or practical need for a light than a pedestrian does.

Sometimes when walking at night, I'll carry a small flashlight. But
people do not normally do that. Think back to the last few times you
parked your car and walked from the car to a store or movie theater at
night.


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- Frank Krygowski

I see a lot more people at night wearing a reflective vest or carrying a flashlight than I did five or ten years ago. It seems too that a lot of pedestrians are very concerned about distracted drivers.

Cheers