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Yes that would have been marvellous, adding injury to my wrist injury, or a new injury elewhere. Unlike the badger, this big nosed guy in hiviz wouldn't have simply departed the scene of the accident, with whatever injuries he might have sustained. I would have been blamed for being too quiet...

I make a point of sticking to the side of the road, to avoid being a bother to drivers. I was about 1m out. That's usually a very busy road, but that time of night was quiet and I should have used the middle of the lane, but I will certainly change my habits! Seems a safer strategy...

Thanks, that's good to know.

Here's a photo of him looking at me, after hearing my beep and slowing down, slightly altering his course. He would have continued onto the road; whether it was because he was about to do so briefly to go around those people in dark clothing who appeared in his way after he walked around the...

So there I was...cycling home last night...minding my own business... when all of a sudden a dumb pedestrian wanders in from the left. If I hadn't beeped, he wouldn't have seen me AT ALL!!! Relied on his ears, didn't look! I suppose with the new Highway Code changes, I should have stopped if...

I wasn't taking any extra risks, and if I hadn't been wearing a helmet, I'd have had a serious head injury, as well as a broken wrist! The left side of my head would have been bashed in, judging by the bang

Electric scooters are dangerous for pretty much everyone, including their riders.... I saw this guy fall over on the other side of the road. There was no reason for him to tip over, that I could see. I was ready to call an ambulance, but he looked ok (apart from being an idiot with an escooter):

You're right, now that the Police blue heat resistant acetate sheet has arrived, uncrewing the housing to install it, is a legally hazardous hi-viz option... Idiots in vans get away with it. Could they really charge me with impersonating a copper, if it was a very bright steady blue front light?

Here's another boring video demo of this light on dark roads - three modes, I can't tell which is which, apart from the horrifying flashing mode. I could add a second light for twice as bright, it'd need yet another independent switch, but I've run out of room on my handlebars! If I made this...

I forgot to include a photo

Just in case anyone else was interested in using this 20W 12V-80V 0.5A "1800LM" (alleged) light on their bike, here is a quite boring video demo of the high, low and terrifying flashing modes of this 1800LM (alleged brightness) bike light I got off ebay for £19.99. It can be bought on...

Thank for all the info all. Drat. So I can't even get away using purple or something! Yellow isn't jarring enough... 20W of bright white it will have to remain, rapidly flashing bright white alleged "1800LM"during the day.

This is a better blue. Heat-resistant sheet, because that 20W so-called "1800LM" light gets hot. If not blue enough, I could double layer. The light is bright enough to shine through. Maybe blue light will make dyslexic drivers read the road better? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162838942459?var=

I've got to try it! Glue or ziptie, if it falls off, it's a cheap enough mod attempt. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152856120881?var=

I'm going to keep my new so called "1800LM" light on in scary flashing mode during the day. Maybe bright flashing blue will make them stop and think? Probably not.

I might buy some blue coloured theatre lighting gel sheet and try a bright blue front flashing light, to see how long a line of emergency vehicles I can attract in my wake.