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  • Cyclecraft: being seen

    From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 5 00:57:53 2020
    I can't fault the section on Being Seen that runs from page 36 to page
    39 of _Cyclecraft: North American Edition_.

    It begins with a very useful distinction between conspicuity and
    perspicuity, and later remarks "Be careful, too, not to cause visual
    confusion by using too many different devices. Good perspicuity
    requires conveying simple, easy-to-decipher information about your
    presence; overdoing it may be counter productive."

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  • From NFN Smith@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Jan 6 16:41:14 2020
    Joy Beeson wrote:
    I can't fault the section on Being Seen that runs from page 36 to page
    39 of_Cyclecraft: North American Edition_.

    It begins with a very useful distinction between conspicuity and
    perspicuity, and later remarks "Be careful, too, not to cause visual confusion by using too many different devices. Good perspicuity
    requires conveying simple, easy-to-decipher information about your
    presence; overdoing it may be counter productive."

    Interesting perspective.

    I've noted before about blinking tailights, and to me, this does a nice
    job of articulating why, as a motorist, I don't like the blinking
    lights. To me, the problem with blinking lights is that while they're
    good at getting attention, they don't give any help allowing a motorist
    to gauge relative speed and distance.

    Smith

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