Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
On lights the issue is endeavouring to ensure that idiot motorists see you, especially on curving country roads.

Finding myself lying in the road and hearing "Sorry I didn't see you" concentrated my mind.
I totally agree with what Graham has said. If I then told you that I regularly drove through Belton in my company-car driving years (sometimes at night), as it was on the fastest route from Melton Mowbray to the A42/M42 junction, then I hope you will take his words seriously.

For what it's worth I have twice come off a bike at night and almost slid under a Ford Escort (not the same one). On both occasions the car skidded to a halt with the front tyre less than a metre from my head. I did have a front light that was good for the time (which was many years ago) but both occasions were scary.