These lights are all good ideas, but you still have to act as though everything out there is trying to hit you. You can't count on being seen and recognized. The four times I've been hit on a bicycle, the car or truck driver claimed never to have seen me - in fluorescent spandex. Similarly, boat/ship traffic doeesn't expect kayaks, therefore you don't exist. Roger You wrote: > > I often use my 10-32 watt bike light attached to a helmet for a light source > while paddling - I turn it on when I hear or see a boat in my vicinity, but > the runing lights if small enough and long enough on battery life would have > a certain appeal. - since I only bring this light when I am actually > expecting to be out in the dark, I have paddled home without it in the dark > more often than is wise. > Saul Kinderis saul_at_isomedia.com tel:(425)402-3426 > > ************************************************************************* ** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > ****************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 08 1998 - 20:21:35 PDT
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