09-06-2014, 01:58 PM
I agree some type of extra lighting is needed. Twice in the last month I experience drivers being blind or mesmerized to the point of not seeing an even very bright single headlight. One of them was ME!
1. I was rounding a curve with my headlight shinning right at a car exiting a parking lot...driving defensively I wondered by the slow roll if they were going to stop so I braked in plenty of time to come to a complete stop, but at the same time flashed by high beam and the driver locked up the brakes half way out in the road....
2. I was backing out of my drive way, my neighbor was coming down the road on his motorcycle with a very bright light I compared to a light as bright as a train (it was not of course, but it WAS very bright). Even as a motorcycle rider, I was amazed how the light appeared to be not moving and I wanted to back out because no motion was detected until my neighbor started to turn into his drive way right before he got to my house. Had he continued directly towards me, I'm not sure if I would have backed out in front of him or not...which was totally amazing! There must be some logical physics/psychological reason for this blindness to a single light coming straight at someones eyes.
I'm not sure about flashing lights (I know they make some drivers angry), but I definitely need some additional lights, the help me be visible!
1. I was rounding a curve with my headlight shinning right at a car exiting a parking lot...driving defensively I wondered by the slow roll if they were going to stop so I braked in plenty of time to come to a complete stop, but at the same time flashed by high beam and the driver locked up the brakes half way out in the road....
2. I was backing out of my drive way, my neighbor was coming down the road on his motorcycle with a very bright light I compared to a light as bright as a train (it was not of course, but it WAS very bright). Even as a motorcycle rider, I was amazed how the light appeared to be not moving and I wanted to back out because no motion was detected until my neighbor started to turn into his drive way right before he got to my house. Had he continued directly towards me, I'm not sure if I would have backed out in front of him or not...which was totally amazing! There must be some logical physics/psychological reason for this blindness to a single light coming straight at someones eyes.
I'm not sure about flashing lights (I know they make some drivers angry), but I definitely need some additional lights, the help me be visible!