10-22-2016, 08:20 AM
(10-22-2016, 08:11 AM)jamincan Wrote: I'm frankly flabbergasted that cars aren't required to automatically have the full lighting system on anytime they're in gear.
I'm certain it must be specific manufacturers, based on casual observation. It always seems like it's the same couple of makes when I notice them without their lights on. My car (Toyota), for example, won't actually let me drive around without my headlights on if I wanted to! I notice a lot of the cars without headlights on are newer Fords. What boggles my mind is, though - if it's dark out, and your headlights aren't on... neither are the interior instrumentation cluster lights. So you can't even see your speedometer. How is that not a clue to turn them on?!
Anyway, I came on here to post about some very positive experiences I had on Wednesday. I was out for one of my regular LRT Construction Update rides, and had about 10 very positive "interface" experiences with other road and trail users (pedestrians, cars, other cyclists). It just stuck out in my mind as such a "good day". People stopping and letting me through when I didn't expect them to (or was fully prepared to wait for them), people giving me lots of extra space on narrow roads, or just even cyclists using their bells when they passed me on the trails (I'm slowish!). I continually am pleased with how how polite and courteous people have been toward me on my bike. As someone who is still very much a novice, this has made it very easy for me to slowly ramp up my confidence over the summer. Life is good