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deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Possibly the rider doesn't know how the horse is going to react - they can be hard to predict - and she simply thanked you because you took care and it ended well.
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
If I'm running one of my proper lights on either pulse or flash, I always tilt it down or cover it approaching horses as you never know how they'll react.
I've also had thanks from the riders for doing it.
I've also had thanks from the riders for doing it.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
I only ever have my rear (light) on pulse.
As a former epilepsy sufferer they don't make me feel good.
As a former epilepsy sufferer they don't make me feel good.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I don't use my front light on strobe, especially at dusk. I would imagine that it could quite easily freak a horse out!
Also, car drivers then know that I'm on a bike, and act accordingly i.e. target practise!
A steady light will give horses time to adapt to your approach, and drivers aren't sure if I'm on a bike, a motorbike or a car with one light out.
Also, car drivers then know that I'm on a bike, and act accordingly i.e. target practise!
A steady light will give horses time to adapt to your approach, and drivers aren't sure if I'm on a bike, a motorbike or a car with one light out.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
As an ex horse owner I can well imagine a horse would not like the strobe light. Why should horses be different to some motorists. 
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
These lights have the potential to distract and disturb me so I'm sure the same could apply to horses. I frequently find myself briefly thinking about what is coming towards me when I see either a steady or strobe high powered light approaching and directed in my general sight line. Yes there is benefit in this but I think the downsides are greater.
I shall probably get shouted at for this but I feel too many cyclists use these lights incorrectly. I own a relatively high powered light which I used to use to flood the road in front of me when riding on three miles of unlit country lanes during my commute. The light was focused downwards toward the road and in such a position would give me at least 40-50 feet illumination across the whole of my side of the road. The upward overspill and a second steady low level light were perfectly adequate to ensure I was visible to oncoming traffic.
I've lost count of the number of cyclists I've seen with these high powered lights pointing straight ahead in well lit areas, either flashing or solid at a height which is at best distracting to other road users. For me this has the potential to create danger rather than reduce it.
Bike lights have two purposes, to help the rider see the road and to tell other road users this is a cyclist in front of or approaching me. As such lights need to be positioned appropriately in the correct positions and sending the right message. If the light in question needed to be covered it was poorly positioned or overly powerful for the purpose. Lighting up like Blackpool illuminations is not the answer.
Rant over
I shall probably get shouted at for this but I feel too many cyclists use these lights incorrectly. I own a relatively high powered light which I used to use to flood the road in front of me when riding on three miles of unlit country lanes during my commute. The light was focused downwards toward the road and in such a position would give me at least 40-50 feet illumination across the whole of my side of the road. The upward overspill and a second steady low level light were perfectly adequate to ensure I was visible to oncoming traffic.
I've lost count of the number of cyclists I've seen with these high powered lights pointing straight ahead in well lit areas, either flashing or solid at a height which is at best distracting to other road users. For me this has the potential to create danger rather than reduce it.
Bike lights have two purposes, to help the rider see the road and to tell other road users this is a cyclist in front of or approaching me. As such lights need to be positioned appropriately in the correct positions and sending the right message. If the light in question needed to be covered it was poorly positioned or overly powerful for the purpose. Lighting up like Blackpool illuminations is not the answer.
Rant over
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Were the horses displaying lights?
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Do horses pay road tax?
jefmcg
Guru
[QUOTE 5037725, member: 9609"]Is it likely these lights could freak a horse out ?[/QUOTE]
They freak me out.
Please don't use "high intensity pulsing front lights".
(TMNs to many above, I just want to add my voice)
They freak me out.
Please don't use "high intensity pulsing front lights".
(TMNs to many above, I just want to add my voice)
oldstrath
Über Member
- Location
- Strathspey
Horses freak me out, but that doesn't stop people riding the things.
