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Since putting the RN on the road in 1990 father and I have always had a reflective spare wheel cover on the car.
This is excellent for safety both day and night. The reflective strip really shines when lit by a following light.
On dual carriageways and motorways vehicles see you from a great distance and pull out far sooner. It is not very pretty but can be easily removed if you are at a rally.
Les Gammon made the originals in two types, then we had a batch of twenty made of just the high viz ones.
I have been asked to make some more but just haven't got round to it yet.
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For those of us poor folk with Rubies, I think someone used to make reflective magnetic strip material, about 3" wide. Anyone know of a supplier? ....
... and for those of us with fibreglass Ulsteroids there's no hope!
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Modern vehicles on modern roads require little concentration and modern vehicles have a myriad in car distractions, esp the complex dashboard and entertainment functions. Most driver are half asleep. Despite legal requirements no one drives able to always stop in the clear distance ahead. Vehicles at much less than normal speed take them by surprise. With Sevens from the front the weak lamps and closeness cause distance to be misjudged. Ditto the feeble rear lamps cause distance to be misjudged. Large bright wide spaced rear lamps are ideal but much can be achieved with large reflectors. These can often be made quickly removable. With modern sharp cut off headlights, reflectors light up fully and suddenly which has quite a wake up effect on drivers. Must be mounted as low as possible.
A few years ago on one of the UK motorways a Bradford towing a trailer had the trailer shunted through the vehicle with very serious injuries.
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I use an old cyclist's reflective belt/sash on the back of my Nippy after dark, it's far more visible than any lights. It's fixed on with bunjee elastic, easy to remove.
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28-10-2017, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-10-2017, 10:05 PM by Peter Naulls.)
John,
That's similar to what I had in mind and would be very effective. It needs to be magnetic for my Ruby though - I don't think the ageing paintwork would stand up to double side tape!
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28-10-2017, 10:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-10-2017, 10:22 PM by Tony Press.)
Now you have me worried- up until now I relied on two 4" round reflectors from roadwork's signs on the rear of each Austin Seven to supplement the single Lucas AT 201.
Yesterday I bought two small but very bright cycle tail lamps with battery powered triple LED's and mounted them on the ends of the Chummy rear bumper - cost A$17 each.
See if this works !
Cheers,Tony.
