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Cyclists almost 15 times more likely to die on the roads, than drivers? :eek: Do you happen to have a source or link with more information? ( No worries if it's a hassle to dig out). It would be good if stats broke down the "Cyclist" grouping into cyclists and pedelecers.

My habit is to delete videos, ready for my next ride, therefore the unbrightened version of that video has been deleted. I've extracted the final few frames containing his leading left foot. I'm unsure if his foot has disappeared because of speed and the limitations of my cheapo camera, or if...

For an injury prevention point of view, I'd prefer a softer landing! But as you say, cycling into big nose hihiz guy isn't a legal option. In future, I'll have to swerve out into the path of cars, in an act of self sacrifice for the sake of Mr.Bignose, and those of his ilk.

I would have immediately braked and slowed down to a crawl if it had been a child, but because he was a big nosed tall adult in hiviz, I didn't. I wrongly assumed he had more sense, than to just step onto the road without a visual check traffic. I'll use the middle of the lane at night...

Yes that would have been marvellous, adding injury to my wrist injury, or a new injury elewhere. Unlike the badger, this big nosed guy in hiviz wouldn't have simply departed the scene of the accident, with whatever injuries he might have sustained. I would have been blamed for being too quiet...

I make a point of sticking to the side of the road, to avoid being a bother to drivers. I was about 1m out. That's usually a very busy road, but that time of night was quiet and I should have used the middle of the lane, but I will certainly change my habits! Seems a safer strategy...

Thanks, that's good to know.

Here's a photo of him looking at me, after hearing my beep and slowing down, slightly altering his course. He would have continued onto the road; whether it was because he was about to do so briefly to go around those people in dark clothing who appeared in his way after he walked around the...

So there I was...cycling home last night...minding my own business... when all of a sudden a dumb pedestrian wanders in from the left. If I hadn't beeped, he wouldn't have seen me AT ALL!!! Relied on his ears, didn't look! I suppose with the new Highway Code changes, I should have stopped if...

I wasn't taking any extra risks, and if I hadn't been wearing a helmet, I'd have had a serious head injury, as well as a broken wrist! The left side of my head would have been bashed in, judging by the bang

Electric scooters are dangerous for pretty much everyone, including their riders.... I saw this guy fall over on the other side of the road. There was no reason for him to tip over, that I could see. I was ready to call an ambulance, but he looked ok (apart from being an idiot with an escooter):

You're right, now that the Police blue heat resistant acetate sheet has arrived, uncrewing the housing to install it, is a legally hazardous hi-viz option... Idiots in vans get away with it. Could they really charge me with impersonating a copper, if it was a very bright steady blue front light?

Here's another boring video demo of this light on dark roads - three modes, I can't tell which is which, apart from the horrifying flashing mode. I could add a second light for twice as bright, it'd need yet another independent switch, but I've run out of room on my handlebars! If I made this...

I forgot to include a photo

Just in case anyone else was interested in using this 20W 12V-80V 0.5A "1800LM" (alleged) light on their bike, here is a quite boring video demo of the high, low and terrifying flashing modes of this 1800LM (alleged brightness) bike light I got off ebay for £19.99. It can be bought on...

Thank for all the info all. Drat. So I can't even get away using purple or something! Yellow isn't jarring enough... 20W of bright white it will have to remain, rapidly flashing bright white alleged "1800LM"during the day.