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Okay, this is a stupid question but everytime I notice the switch I wonder why I would want to turn off my passing lamps. I ride with them on day and night, with my heated gear plugged in, on empty roads or in traffic. Sorry for taking up your time with this ridiculous question but I keep thinking I am missing something. Please, help save my sanity.
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there are situations where you might not want to have them on, but i agree, i usually ride with mine on. In fact, mine are even wired to stay on when my hi-beams are on as well!
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How about courtesy? You're ridin' behind your friend, at night, at a bike event, & you have your high beam & both passing lamps on. Yeah, you can be seen, but between the glare from the oncoming guy with the same three lights & your lights in his mirrors your friend can't see anything. Multiply that by the number of friends following you & the number of other "safety minded" riders at an event & you should be able to figure out why I ride at the back of the group............
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I ride with mine on all the time. Every now and then (at night) an on-coming cage will flash me thinking I have on my high beams. So I guess they are bright looking at them.
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Mine are never off! I was almost T-Boned a few weeks back and they were on, so just goes to show you that you need all the lights on as possible. Lady looked right at me and started pulling forward and almost got me....
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Mine are never off! I was almost T-Boned a few weeks back and they were on, so just goes to show you that you need all the lights on as possible. Lady looked right at me and started pulling forward and almost got me....
That just proves it. One light or three they will still not see you. Stay alert!!
How about courtesy? You're ridin' behind your friend, at night, at a bike event, & you have your high beam & both passing lamps on. Yeah, you can be seen, but between the glare from the oncoming guy with the same three lights & your lights in his mirrors your friend can't see anything. Multiply that by the number of friends following you & the number of other "safety minded" riders at an event & you should be able to figure out why I ride at the back of the group............
Xactly! Or maybe you're behind a car and you're lighting up his interior like it's daylight, the courteous thing to do is shut them off. Also, ever go head on with those lights on a 2 lane? They do a good job of blinding your fellow bikers, so my thanks to all you guys who do that on my way to work in the dark, I really appreciate you looking out for your fellow riders. In some states those lights are illegal if you are oncoming or following, haven't heard of any enforcement lately, but if you get a pissed off trooper coming at you and you blind him, you may just find out what the exact law is.
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How about courtesy? You're ridin' behind your friend, at night, at a bike event, & you have your high beam & both passing lamps on. Yeah, you can be seen, but between the glare from the oncoming guy with the same three lights & your lights in his mirrors your friend can't see anything. Multiply that by the number of friends following you & the number of other "safety minded" riders at an event & you should be able to figure out why I ride at the back of the group............
+ 1 Also, they don’t make you more visible to oncoming traffic on rural roads at night. They do make you very annoying in those same conditions.
In town mine are always on, on the highway at night I turn them off.
why turn off passing lamps?
