Motor-cycle safety
Sir, —I have been driven to frustration and almost despair by motorists who flash their lights at me. As a motor-cyclist I keep my lights on night and day, so motorists can see me better. As I pass down a street, pedestrians yell at me, cyclists and other motor-cyclists point to their headlights. Even road-workers have told me, “Your lights’s on.” I know my light is on! On a serious note, motor-cyclists have taken little note of the idea; are they (mistakenly) afraid of flattening their batteries? Or would they prefer a smashed-up body and bike than the expense of a new bulb sometimes? “A.J.P.” in “The Press” motoring* column, comments that if motorcyclists all turned their lights on, accidents to pedal-cyclists would increase. I disagree; cyclists travel at so much slower speeds that the problem of seeing cyclists is completely unrelated. — Yours, T. M. C. PENFOLD. September 26, 1972.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33033, 28 September 1972, Page 16
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