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Near slateford person cycling with front light clipped to midriff of their jacket. Never seen That befor. Quite out of the way.
Prior to this was overtaken by cyclist with a back light that would come on flashing then go off for maybe three seconds than come back on flashing. It was making me feel sick as I followed on behind
I saw a joggist, and a walkist, both with lights on the NEPN tonight on the way home.
Yesterday morning in the dark I passed two dogs on the towpath, in the care of a jogger. They were under good control and he brought them to a halt at the side of the path near the water. It was deeply confusing. The lead dog was showing a white light, the rear dog was showing a red light. From a distance I thought it was a boat on the water, not two dogs on the towpath.
They also had some reflectives on, as did their owner. All three of them were setting a very good example.
Its nice to see more and more owners putting lights on their dogs. I recall a couple of years ago cycling along an Avenue behind Hewlet Packard in S Queensferry. A cyclist in front all of a sudden went off to the left through the under growth, yhen back across to the other side in through the undergrowth. It was most conserning until I caught up with the dog wearing the flashing light :0)
Reminds me of a freind who takes his Labradoodles up onto the South Downs. One winter night they were heading up when they saw two mountain bikers hurtling down toward them. As the got close he held his dogs to one side but one dog barked. The lead rider went straight into a bush. He called out 'that sheep just barked at me!' 'Ots not a sheep mate' Paul ssid, 'I know that now' replied the rider. He mate had seen the whole thing and stopped. He was in stiches with laughter at his mates Sheep comment from in the bush. Paul now has flashy red lights clipped to the doodles collars.
I think the mix of lights is from buying a cheap set of cycling blinkies and giving one to each dog.
Worst on-person lighting solution I saw recently was a girl on the QBC who had strapped a head torch to her forearm. Headtorches on the road annoy me at the best of times, this was just daft and ineffective.
I used to see a guy on the NEPN sometimes whose lights appeared to be 4 headtorches on his handlebars pointed directly at the ground. He crawled a long slowly, not sure if this was because his lights blinded his forward vision or the reason for his unusual choice of mounting.
gembo, I saw someone with the old midriff light a few weeks back and thought to myself, "That's odd". Given the position of arms on handlebars I presume a lot of the visibility of the light is obscured.
Saw a girl on a sit-up-and-beg this morning on Melville Drive with a bright flashing light very visible on the front of her basket. Just a pity/odd it was a red light.
Paper round kid with an orange front light. Blended right in to the streetscape.
Also, properly funny, a guy with fairy lights in his h*lm*t.
Not funny - twatwagon with SIX headlights. :-?
I saw a bloke this morning with a blinky red light built in to the back of his jacket.
Maroon-blazered schoolboy at Church Hill this morning with his rear light partially obscured by the bubble-wrap covering his saddle.
cc typed "I saw a bloke this morning with a blinky red light built in to the back of his jacket."
I have an Illuminate Jacket which had an LED in an internal pocket on the rear of the jacket. I've sadly lost it but it was a good idea, as it was flat and always in the jacket.
"Not funny - twatwagon with SIX headlights"
I think that's a Nissan Juke, which being a 'small' 'urban' SUV means the drivers have a constantly battling inferiority AND superiority complex. Had a guy in one of those last night on Queen Street twice blat past me too close and too fast just to get to a queue of traffic ahead. The second time as he moved back left in front of me I was already moving right to re-pass him as his brake lights came on for the queue, he was that close to it.
I think that's a Nissan Juke
Nope - I think Min got the name right first time ;)
It may have been me. My new Altura jacket has a blinky in the back - it's very useful...
That Juke is a spectacularly ugly car.
Nissan's all seem to have inconsiderate headlights at the moment. When I rule the world there will be a rule that all dipped beam headlights must not blind oncoming traffic. Failure will be punished by being forced to use those headlight eyelashes you sometimes see on minis.
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