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From: alanj@orca.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Daytime high vs low beam
Message-ID: <2190@orca.TEK.COM>
Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 13:07:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 20 13:07:42 1986
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Reply-To: alanj@orca.UUCP (Alan Jeddeloh)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR
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In article <131@ccicpg.UUCP> news@ccicpg.UUCP (News Admin) writes:
>Not to add much but I recently took an MSF course at an USAF Base
>in  Wash.  D.C and they recommend high beams in daylight.

The latest issue of _Motor Cyclist_ has a section on surviving on the
streets.  They also recommend high beams during the day.  Personally,
I flash the high beams at anything that looks like it could do something
to me.  Keeps the left thumb from going to sleep. :-)

Another thought for consideration:  I find I am much more conscious of
the speed limit when on a bike --- at least when off the open road.  I
may cruise down the the interstate at 70, but if I'm in a 35 zone I'm
pretty much close to that.  With the exception of small-town speed traps,
speed limits are *usually* set to reflect the local hazard level.  They
reflect the incidence of hazards such as driveways, intersections, cross
walks, traffic density, etc.  These are precisely the types of hazards
for which the cyclist needs the most margin of safety.

A case in point:  Last week I rounded a nearly blind corner doing 35
in a 35 zone.  A lady pulled across my path from a side street.  From
35 mph I was able to easily avoid trouble by hitting the brakes and
a slight swerve -- if I had been going 45 or faster (as I have seen
many other bikers take the same curve) I would had wash out my shorts
when I got home ... if I had gotten home!

	-Alan Jeddeloh
	Tektronix GTD?
	tektronix!orca!alanj