Ground realities differ
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Originally Posted by Caminando
I'm amazed that you advise someone to blind other roadusers, who may well retaliate or swerve into the bikes when dazzled.
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Fine, if you ride here, you are most welcome to dip your lights when something with 6 high beams comes your way on your side of the road, overtaking something else with 4 high beams. Better have prominent ID tags though, makes it easier at morgues and hospitals to identify mangled bodies and notify next of kin.
Oncoming trucks /buses/cars do not WANT to hit anybody, but they could not care less if they do. A glancing impact with a bike is neither here nor there for them. But the one thing that unfailingly gets their balls in their mouth is getting one wheel off the road - it's the prelude to turning turtle. Blinded, they do not see the road any more - hence slow down/ abort lunatic overtaking maneuvers that WILL kill you. And as you have the switch at your fingertips, there is nothing to stop you from switching off the HID lights for those who have dipped their lights.
It's foolish to think the rules in your part of the world apply elsewhere AND ADVISE PEOPLE AS PER THAT  . Especially so if you are not aware of the ground realities.
Last edited by a1arn; 23 Mar 2008 at 21:07.
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