| Biking is one of the most enjoyable hobbies there is. | | | | only exacerbate the problem. |
| However, biking is not always a hobby, cost-conscious | | | | Biking at night is certainly possible, but it is important to |
| commuters also bike to and from work. | | | | take some extra precautions. |
| Unfortunately, bicycles are small in comparison to even | | | | 1. You Want To Be Seen |
| motorcycles, and we all know how many motorcycle | | | | 2. You Want To See |
| accidents there are. The most common comment | | | | Being Seen |
| from the motorist: "I didn't see him." | | | | It is perhaps most important that you be seen, than |
| With bicycles, the situation is even more acute, as not | | | | anything else. To that end, the more lights the better. |
| only can a motorist very easily not see you... but won't | | | | It's possible to get small orange reflector lights that you |
| hear you either. It is important, therefore, that cyclists | | | | can attach to your biceps and even legs, so that it's |
| where bright clothing - incandescent orange or yellow. | | | | very easy for motorists to see you - much easier than |
| This should be done in the daytime as well as at night, | | | | if you just have reflectors which only light up when a |
| but of course it is more important at night. Nothing | | | | car headlight lands on it. |
| frightens a motorist more than to pass within a foot of | | | | Seeing |
| a biker wearing a black jacket, black pants, an | | | | The technology for bike headlights has increased |
| underseat bag that obscures the reflector. | | | | tremendously in the last several years. Again, the main |
| Bicyclists often blame motorists for being unkind to | | | | goal is for motorists in front of you to be able to see |
| them. "They can slow down for a few seconds," is | | | | you, although it would also be nice if the front light was |
| their comment. But bicyclists don't take into account a | | | | powerful enough so that you can see in front of you |
| motorist's problems. The driver of a car has to pay | | | | as well. |
| attention to other cars to his left, behind him, and even | | | | A new hobby for mountain bikers is to actually ride at |
| to the right when he wants to make a turn. Sometimes | | | | night. Of course if you're going to do that you want a |
| the roads are very narrow and not in the best of | | | | really powerful light to ride behind. |
| condition...and then they come across a bicyclist who | | | | Lights can be helmet mounted or mounted on your |
| weaves all over the road, or is biking the wrong way | | | | handlebars. The more powerful lights would be placed |
| down the road. It's usually children that are guilty of that | | | | on your handlebars, of course. |
| transgression. | | | | Manufacturers of such powerful lights include Light |
| Bicyclists who continue with these bad habits at night | | | | & Motion, JetLites and NiteRider. |