| Re: OGC Optik7 Flashing LED Warning
Rich Clark wrote:
> "Mike Beauchamp" <news@mikebeauchamp.com> wrote in message
> news:cpto400189d@enews3.newsguy.com...
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>>As for the helmet thing, I'm just wondering if that is even an ideal
>>position. The fact that it is higher in the air is definitely good, but as
>>you know, LED's have a very small viewing angle (around 12 degrees or so).
>>So having the light properly level very important to being seen. If you
>>have your light on your head and it is shining like 6 degrees up (or
>>down), then cars will probably not see it.
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> I wouldn't wear it there if it were my only blinkie. It's ancillary to the
> one on the back of my rack and the one on my seatpost. But I did have
> someone follow me in a car to check whether it was effective, and she said
> it was very eye-catching.
Excellent idea to check it that way!
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