it's a known problem with motorcycles on country roads: single light looks like a car a long way away.antigee wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:53 pm
going back in time I once nearly rear ended a Citroen 2CV on a multilane highway in the dark...it was chugging up a hill...the rear lights are small low down and spaced only just either side of the number plate ...I processed the vehicle as a lot further away than it was
two wheelers (especially powered ones which travel faster) don't give a lot of speed/distance info head on unless you are used to them and sometoimes not even then. Plus the narrow profile can disappear into the surroundings if you aren't paying attention. It's why if I see a car on a sidestreet I jink in the lane to a) tweak their hindbrain, the one with the sudden "oh !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! tiger" movement sensors and b) give them more of an idea as to size and therefore location.