On Monday 2 UWSP Seniors were killed by a left hand turner into her home driveway, on a 2 lane. This has always been a fear of mine. If someone turns into a rural driveway without signaling, when you don't expect that, it could be tough to avoid a fatal collision.

I always run with my spot lights on, but am considering adding 1 or 2 led spots. Any recommendations?

I found these, but was wondering if anyone has tried them.

2" Round 10 Watt LED Mini Auxiliary Work Light
http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...rk-light/1386/


R.I.P. Alex Reeder and Katherine Axlen,

http://spcitytimes.com/?p=18941&cpage=1

 

It's my fear too but I always ride expecting someone to turn left in front of me. If I see a threat, I treat them like they don't see me until proven otherwise. I rather depend on my defensive riding skills than the unknown benefits of LED spots to save my life.
Never ride when, "you don't expect that".

 

moto lights

 

And that's the way you should ride in that situation. But remember no matter how defensive you are, some will still turn left at the last moment leaving you no out.

So LED lights can indeed help prevent that from happening by making you more visible to begin with.

I run these Custom Dynamics Dynamics Ringz on my bike now: http://www.customdynamics.com/harley...rn_signals.htm

 

I put a set from Twisted Throttle on my bike. I am not sure how effective they are. How do you quantify that? You wil never know which car didn't pull out because they saw you.

I will say that I have got a lot of comments from people i know about how bright the lights are.

My philosophy is I do everything I can to make myself visible to the cages. I ride with a defensive mind set every time I get on the bike. I can't control everything or every body so I will take advantage of everything I can.

The added bonus is they really light up the road after dark. For that alone they were worth it.

It isn't a perfect solution but sometimes nothing will help. People still pull out in front of fire trucks with lights, sirens and yellow paint jobs.

 

I ride extremely defensively, including Smidsies. But if someone turns into a private driveway, without signalling, there may be no warning. I have always been able to tell they were turning because they were slowing, but it happens often enough, I want to increase my visibility.

I am an optometrist, and know there are many drivers with poor visual acuity, or depressed visual fields. In layman's terms they see like ****.

 

LEDs are the way to go but even those aren't going to make sure the goofballs will see us. Now if they were 12" across...nah, not even that.

 

I agree. That's why I changed all of my lights to bright LEDs, including Daymaker headlight and aux lights. I know I'm a lot more visible now to oncoming traffic.

The more visible you are, the less chance of your defensive skills being necessary.

 

I have been looking at these for the same reasons:

http://www.lights.skenedesign.com/PB_Features.shtml

Photon Blaster...cool name...looks like it may be the ticket. I have not purchased them yet, but plan on getting the lights for the front and rear. I am thinking of mounting the front ones on the front crash bars rather than the front forks. The rear ones would likely be next to the license plate although maybe mounted on the lower portion of the saddle bags would be better.

Check out the site and let me know what you think.

 

That kind of thinking will get you killed. Never, ever allow your extra lighting lull you into a false sense of security and defensive driving complacency. You cannot relax your self-preservation skills just because you think you are more visible.