edocaster wrote:I do find it funny that almost any lighting thread here will immediately turn into a list of K marks and obscure regulations which either prove impossible to adhere to the letter, or are observed by less than 0.1% of the cycling population. Yet just a couple of threads around the corner you'll have people advocating lying about the carrying of knives or trespassing to illegally camp on someone else's land.
For me this is about enabling someone to make an informed choice. General observance of the law may be low but this doesn't mean that almost all don't care about the law. Almost all cyclists are unaware of it (just as most people are unaware that trespass is not a crime). Many of the people informed of the lighting regs (such as the population of this forum) do choose to go to efforts to make their bike legal. Others see it as an irrelevance to be ignored and that is fair enough (as long as the lighting they choose is fit for purpose and not dazzling). I think it only right and proper that people are informed of the legal situation when they come on here seeking impartial light purchasing advice. I do agree that this endless discussion of what people should do re: legality becomes tiresome. We should provide the information (maybe there could be a standard post for this) and our own lighting recommendations and cease to get into heated criticism of other's choices.
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