daytime running lights?

cberry

Hi all,

Just moved to London, and noticed some people keep their lights on during the daytime for max visibility. I've started doing the same, seems like anything to keep me from getting quashed is a good thing. Does anyone else do this?

dazzawazza

If it's a dull day I'll use my lights, mainly because Holland Park Avenue can get quite dark due to the trees.

baudman

Yeah - it's not a daytime/nighttime thing for me - it's a "getting noticed" thing.

As well as my proper lights, I have little "Annoying Blinking Lights" as my mate calls them on my helmet (white forwards, red rearwards), for that reason. They catch a drivers eyes when I look at them.

Flycatcher

Yes I use front and rear lights all the time. The front are rechargeable anyay so only bulb life being used but I think it helps.

Lif30057840

yep, iv abeen of the opinion 4 a long time that ur bikelights in urban areas r not 4 seeing where ur going but r 4 BEING seen.
A few times now ppl have said to me (in daytime) "hey uv left ur lights on" and i think "yep u saw them - u saw me"

ChrisLS

...use mine during the day after I noticed a lot of time trial riders using lights in daylight and it seemed like a good idea...

spen666

Flycatcher wrote:

Yes I use front and rear lights all the time. The front are rechargeable anyay so only bulb life being used but I think it helps.

Interesting logic there!

Those rechargeable lights - I presume are dynamo lights

If they are the usual rechargeable sort, then where does the power come from to re charge them?

There is a cost in both the price of the electricity to recharge the batteries, and an impact on the environment with the method of the production of the electricity to re charge the batteries.

Its a bit like the motorist who argues the cost of running his car is only the fuel he puts into the vehicle for his journey and ignores the cost of buying/ maintaining his vehicle.



The cost of using rechargeable batteries is far more than just the bulb. However that is not to be taken as me saying it is not a price worth paying to protect your life

baudman

spen666 wrote:

Flycatcher wrote:

Yes I use front and rear lights all the time. The front are rechargeable anyay so only bulb life being used but I think it helps.

Interesting logic there!

Those rechargeable lights - I presume are dynamo lights

If they are the usual rechargeable sort, then where does the power come from to re charge them?

I use a solar charger on my kitchen windowsill, with NiMH AAA and AA, dep on the lights. (The annoying blinking lights, however, just have to use special flat disc sorta batteries).

Greggyr

i've always got mine on, glad to see so many agree !!!

misterben

What I would like is a couple of blinking lights that charge by USB - does such a thing exist at a decent price? (Not as a main light, just a visibility aid)

Flycatcher

spen666 wrote:

Flycatcher wrote:

Yes I use front and rear lights all the time. The front are rechargeable anyay so only bulb life being used but I think it helps.

Interesting logic there!

Those rechargeable lights - I presume are dynamo lights

If they are the usual rechargeable sort, then where does the power come from to re charge them?

There is a cost in both the price of the electricity to recharge the batteries, and an impact on the environment with the method of the production of the electricity to re charge the batteries.

Its a bit like the motorist who argues the cost of running his car is only the fuel he puts into the vehicle for his journey and ignores the cost of buying/ maintaining his vehicle.



The cost of using rechargeable batteries is far more than just the bulb. However that is not to be taken as me saying it is not a price worth paying to protect your life

Take your point spen. But I charge it at work!! So maybe you're paying for the electricity. haha. Anyway even when I do charge it at home, as I have two of these lights and chargers, (Light and Motion Vega) the cost is negligible compared to ones safety as you rightly say.

Wynne G Oldman

I only use my lights when the streetlights are on. I do wear a Hi Viz jacket though. One of my car driving colleagues noticed me on the way to work the other day and said, "Wow! I could see you miles away wearing that thing!" I rest my case.