If there are other cars going in the same direction on a 55 mph highway, the other lights do "combine" and allow you to see much farther then your own lights alone.

Daytime running lights are required on large sections of the highway in Alaska

Wow, totally not being misleading here. /s The place we're talking about is in the lower 48 smart guy.

It probably has more to do with always on dashboards and infotainment systems in SUVs more then anything else.

Bikes should have daytime strobes and headlamps. Cars should always have their headlights on. Visibility reduces accidents.

This is so utterly car brained. Bicycles and Amish buggies aren't even remotely the ones making the danger here. Are we going to require stupid flashing beacons on pedestrians now to?? No, the solution here is a road diet, traffic calming, speed governors on SUVs, and modal separation.

There's no reason not to have lights on vehicles on the road.

Because it costs money to run lights, and good lights cost money. (https://www.bumm.de/en/products/akku-scheinwerfer/parent/1922/produkt/1922qmla.html)

This comment is surprisingly car brained. Just change a few words and see what it reads.

As others have said, a lot of these buggies are all black. And they're puttering around the road, on a dark nights, well under established speed limits. 2 vehicles traveling at very different speeds, the slow one is hard to see. That's just begging for an accident.

As others have said, a lot of these cyclists all wear black. And they're puttering around the road, on a dark nights, well under established speed limits. 2 vehicles traveling at very different speeds, the slow one is hard to see. That's just begging for an accident.

At least where I live, it is technically illegal to drive without headlights on when it's raining. If windshield wipers are required, so are headlights. This is to bolster visibility in poor weather conditions. Also just headlights in general, you can get pulled over & ticketed for driving at night without headlights. Why should the Amish be a dangerous exception to the rules of the road??

At least where I live, it is technically illegal to drive without headlights on when it's raining. If windshield wipers are required, so are headlights. This is to bolster visibility in poor weather conditions. Also just headlights in general, you can get pulled over & ticketed for driving at night without headlights. Why should the cyclists be a dangerous exception to the rules of the road??

It would be interesting if separate bicycle infra ever makes its way to that part of Ohio. I wonder how the buggies would be treated in that case? Would they be permitted to ride on the bike paths, or would they only be allowed on certain parts of the paths?

They should see you with only your reflectors. Headlight "safety" ratings have steadily improved since 2016. [https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/ranks-of-top-safety-pick-winners-swell-as-automakers-improve-headlights] I use the air-quotes as IIHS tests favor more light for the driver at the expense of glare for others.

In any case, if they can't see you at night, then they need to slow down as the maximum speeds supported by current low beam technology is around 40-45 mph. Bicycles shouldn't be on roads with such high prevailing speeds, 50 mph+. Rather they should be on a separate path. In that case the risk is far lower to the cyclist then what some flashing lights could've achieved.

What's depressing is that now headlights are glaring LED supernovas, and yet drivers still can't stop hitting things at night.

In my apartment building they ripped out the carpeting and padding of the unit above me. I couldn't hear the residents that lived above me at all when there was carpet, but these new neighbors are making lots of footfall noises with the hard floors. It's close to a nightly basis with them. Their footfalls will keep me awake past 11 pm.

A few hour Blu-ray won't give you near the entertainment time that a game or comparable hobby will. You'll watch it once, then maybe once again if you really liked it, then maybe you might watch it again a few years later.Then it's mostly just collecting dust. In fact more so given the popularity of streaming.

It's dirt cheap compared to something like horseback riding, shooting sports, cars, or scuba diving.It's just that this is easy to criticize as you can see the price tag easily vs looking at half a dozen receipts for the other hobbies.

Fair enough. However, if you consider the entertainment value delivered over time, the costs can be very low. If you count it is as a 20$ a month movie ticket, you could pledge/buy a Hammerhead in around 2 years. The game and its users have been around much longer then that. It's a game that can deliver hours and hours of entertainment each weekend. The price per hour would be low, and there are other hobbies much more expensive then this.

Even if the game were to shutter and you were to lose access to your ships, you'd still have that value delivered over time like a bunch of movie tickets. Also, you don't buy ships. You pledge to support the development of the game. You can also buy a Hammerhead in game quickly if you know what game loops to target.

Fwiw, you can get deep discounts CCU chaining ships. Ships can also be unofficially "sold" and "bought" after the fact. It's done through gifting. For example, you can get the Hammerhead at the impound for less then half the price. The impound is also one of the higher priced sites to. There are also unofficial ships sales on reddit to that have even lower prices.

Edit-Looks like a time limited sale, nevertheless, SC-trades on reddit has some Hammerheads for around 500.

They just haven't rolled it out to you yet.

Americans don't know about this little secret.