Re: bike light optics

On 3/29/2024 7:09 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

 For roads, there are often trees with low-hanging branches that will
whack you in the head (except where Frank lives because he claimed that
delivery trucks driving close to the curb, or on the shoulder, will
knock down any low-hanging branches).

 Can’t say I’ve ever had problems with low branches on roads or even cycle
infrastructure or parks and what not...

It is odd that Mr. Scharf's streets feature branches hanging just six feet above the road surface! After all, that's roughly the height of a typical cyclist. One would think such a prosperous place would afford to do some pruning!
He's never explained how Ford F-150 trucks (the top selling vehicle in the U.S.) manage to navigate those streets. Ford F-150s are up to six inches taller than typical cyclists.
Our dear departed (?) Tom Kunich once claimed to have run into such a branch. Weirdly, it was during one of our periodic discussions of the issue, meaning he somehow ignored the outlier (and low lier!) branch even with that reminder.
And few were surprised when he gave the location of the incident, but Google Street View showed all branches far, far higher than could impact even a tall bus.
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- Frank Krygowski