I agree. The other night, I passed a woman near campus. She had reflectors on her panniers, a non-flashing light under her seat...and I almost didn't see her. She was wearing dark street clothes with no reflective materials either. I almost stopped to tell her how hard she was to see, but was afraid that I'd freak her out by stopping

I was trying to figure out why it was so hard to see her and Tom said it well - MOTION would have made all the difference in the world.