I had a close call a few months ago that I think needs to come out, now that I've been giving it some thought.
I commute on my bike, about twelve miles of mostly skinny back roads with no shoulders, in the pre dawn darkness.
When meeting any vehicles on the two lane, I move far to the right of my lane. One morning at about 3 am, I saw a group of three cars coming at me, strange for that time of day, especially on that road. Just before I met them, one of the cars jumped out to pass. Had I not been far to the right of my lane, I'm quite sure that my wifey would have collected on my life insurance.
Something else, I had been having issues with the low beam headlight bulb working intermittently. I wasn't in that big of hurry to replace the failing bulb as I have two sets of driving lights, normally showing a triangle of light.
My thinking is that if that low beam was not working, I would look like a car that was a lot farther away, due to the spacing of the driving lights. I was on high beams until I was about 1/2 mile from them, so with the glare from their lights, I could not tell if the low beam picked that instant to not work.
Next time I'll not put off the changing of the bulb.
Just thought I would pass this along for those that ride in the dark. I'm also thinking that any bike that burns two bulbs in the fairing with a space between them may also be at risk.
Thoughts?
I commute on my bike, about twelve miles of mostly skinny back roads with no shoulders, in the pre dawn darkness.
When meeting any vehicles on the two lane, I move far to the right of my lane. One morning at about 3 am, I saw a group of three cars coming at me, strange for that time of day, especially on that road. Just before I met them, one of the cars jumped out to pass. Had I not been far to the right of my lane, I'm quite sure that my wifey would have collected on my life insurance.
Something else, I had been having issues with the low beam headlight bulb working intermittently. I wasn't in that big of hurry to replace the failing bulb as I have two sets of driving lights, normally showing a triangle of light.
My thinking is that if that low beam was not working, I would look like a car that was a lot farther away, due to the spacing of the driving lights. I was on high beams until I was about 1/2 mile from them, so with the glare from their lights, I could not tell if the low beam picked that instant to not work.
Next time I'll not put off the changing of the bulb.
Just thought I would pass this along for those that ride in the dark. I'm also thinking that any bike that burns two bulbs in the fairing with a space between them may also be at risk.
Thoughts?
