Re: Night riding

["Joe Long" <jlong@mti.net>]

On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:02:25 EDT, CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:

>Debby is right on about this.  It is very distracting to follow a light of ANY
>kind.  Even on a pitch black night, one can hear a horse ahead that is close
>enough to be a problem.  Keep the glow sticks on the front, and keep them at
>chest level where they are helpful to the horse wearing them, but don't put
>lights on the back, either on the rider or on the horse.  The only exception I
>would make for this would be for people riding ALONE who need to be visible to
>motorists.

I second all of this 100%.  Any light source visible from the side or
rear is distracting to other riders and horses.  At the "Midsummer's
Moonless" ride several riders had glowsticks on their legs, and when
we passed them (or they passed us) Nykoss was clearly unhappy.

And if you have a flashlight or helmet light on and a rider comes up
from behind, PLEASE, PLEASE do not turn around and shine that light in
their eyes!!!!!!!!!

Oh, one more thing:  car headlights are the absolute worst of all.  It
is literally painful to be riding down a road and have someone in a
waiting vehicle turn on their headlights to "see who's coming."

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