Wiseric
Junior Member
After 9 long years on 4 wheels I am now happy to say I'm back on 2 wheels (04 FZ6 Fazer) and really enjoying it - except for today when the car in front of me waved me to pull up next to him and asked if I knew I had my high beam on, I replied yes and then he proceeded to lecture me that he was an advanced driver instructor and that by having my high beam on during the day I was .....
A) Making difficult for people to judge the bikes distance
B) Burning the retina in their eyes via the rear view mirror
So this got me thinking - when was the last time I got blinded by a motorbikes high beam either via my cars mirrors or from in front re an coming bike, and the answer is I never have. The same is true (for me anyway) of judging the distance of an oncoming bike with the high beam on. In fact I find that I notice a bike with its high beam on a lot quicker as it catches my eye.
It would be nice to hear other peoples thoughts on whether to have the high beam on or off during daylight
A) Making difficult for people to judge the bikes distance
B) Burning the retina in their eyes via the rear view mirror
So this got me thinking - when was the last time I got blinded by a motorbikes high beam either via my cars mirrors or from in front re an coming bike, and the answer is I never have. The same is true (for me anyway) of judging the distance of an oncoming bike with the high beam on. In fact I find that I notice a bike with its high beam on a lot quicker as it catches my eye.
It would be nice to hear other peoples thoughts on whether to have the high beam on or off during daylight