Dang blinkey tail-lights!

[maillotpois]

They're super annoying in a group, also. When I was doing the 9 pm - 5 am part of my 600k, the 3 folks I was riding with had the blinkey lights and it really drove me nuts. I was so pathetically grateful to have people to ride with that I didn't say anything, though.

[Eden]

I've never been bothered by blinking tail lights -but yeah I have worried about mesmerizing motorists. Back when reflective paint for fabric was fairly new I had a tee-shirt with it. I was walking across a dark parking lot and this car, I am pretty sure wondering what the heck I was, kept driving towards me instead of avoiding me!

Worse than tail lights though are white blinky headlights on bike trails. I had someone coming towards me with a really bright one attatched to his helmet at around dusk the other day. Darn thing was nearly blinding me. If you use one I would say please point it towards the ground when you are on the trail to avoid blinding the other riders - or better yet if you don't need it to see (it wasn't even nearly dark yet) turn it off when on a trail. It was worse than being high beamed by someone in a car.