Timeline for answer to Should unconventional colors be avoided for lighting? by David Richerby
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| Feb 8, 2019 at 20:20 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 7, 2019 at 20:30 | comment | added | gerrit | @ChrisW I'm neutral about bicycle rear lights, it's bright bicycle front lights that I object to. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 19:50 | comment | added | ChrisW | @gerrit According to this France legalised flashing rear lights in early 2017 -- that's to bring them inline with EU regulations for bicycle lights, and because studies show they're more effective. Only the rear light, though. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 23:27 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | @DavidRicherby I see flashing red all over the place here in continental Europe. They are driving everybody crazy, except the bicyclist who wears them. I also see them in white, though not as frequent, and it's invariably the cheap sham-lights that drive everybody crazy except the bicyclist who wears them. I never see real front lights (which can actually light the way!) flashing. The flashing reflection on the road would drive the bicyclist crazy as well. --- TL;DR: Just use real lights that were built to purpose, and everybody's happy. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 22:48 | comment | added | Adam Rice | !The more you know | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 20:41 | comment | added | Johnny | @AdamRice - Flashing lights are also not legal on non-emergency vehicles in the USA - that's not universally true in the USA. In Washington state, flashing LED taillights on bikes are ok: A light-emitting diode flashing taillight ... may also be used in addition to the red reflector - and in California: A red reflector or a solid or flashing red light with a built-in reflector on the rear | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | Baldrickk | I've seen flashing white - but only on cheap units where the front light was completely identical to the rear light, bar the colour of the LED. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 12:43 | comment | added | David Richerby | @gerrit Ah, OK. Pre-2007, I'm not surprised. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 12:29 | comment | added | gerrit | @DavidRicherby I've certainly seen flashing red, but not flashing white. For most of between 2007 and 2019 I was either not in continental Europe, or in a part of continental Europe with very few cyclists, and loose LED lights were less common before 2007 than they are now. I might see some yet, I moved back to continental Europe last week. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 10:34 | comment | added | David Richerby | @gerrit I'd go as far as saying that every LED bike light (i.e., basically every bike light) sold in the UK has at least one flashing mode, so I'm very surprised that you've not seen them in continental Europe. I agree that high-power flashing lights are obnoxious at night. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't seem to understand that the super-bright modes of their bike lights are for use during daylight. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 8:08 | comment | added | gerrit | I first saw flashing white lights when I was living in Canada, I find them very annoying, distracting, blinding, in my opinion they should be banned and this ban should be enforced, as they are a danger. I've never seen them in continental Europe. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 19:59 | comment | added | rexkogitans | Same in Austria. The law requires red rear and white front, both non-flashing lights. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 19:55 | comment | added | David Richerby | @AdamRice Ditto in the UK, for a long time, though they're legal now. I wouldn't want only flashing lights at night, for sure. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 19:03 | comment | added | Adam Rice | Flashing lights are also not legal on non-emergency vehicles in the USA (although arbitrarily, they're fine if they're on your body). This rule is not widely observed. There's also some research that suggests that flashing lights on bikes are more detrimental than beneficial. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 16:28 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Pelle Good point. I've added an "if legal" disclaimer. | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 16:28 | history | edited | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 5, 2019 at 14:41 | comment | added | Pelle | Just to show legal requirements change from place to place: in the Netherlands, flashing lights are NOT allowed on a bike | |
| Feb 5, 2019 at 1:15 | history | answered | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
