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CSIT RTW Bulletin #36: Jun 2005

http://cs.anu.edu.au/csitRTW/bulletins/RTW.36.Jun05.html
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More Tips on Lighting Up

LED Safety Lights: these bottle-top sized lights cost around $30 and, while not quite bright enough to be a headlight in their own right, form a useful emergency light (e.g. in case your main light batteries fail). They have an ingenious strap which enables them to be easily attached to your handlebars and, more usefully still, a cross-strut on your helmet.
Mounting it on your helmet will improve your visibility from the front and to some extent from the side as well (although it took me a while to get used to it flashing). In non-flashing mode, it will also help a little seeing around corners as well. It will also be very handy if you have any mechanical problems at night (no fun at all trying to fix a puncture in the darkness...)
Hokey Spokes Bill Clarke recently a posted a message to csitRTW on this more radical approach to improving lateral visibility; more info is at http://www.hokeyspokes.com/what.shtml.

Lyneham Cycle Path Safety Warning

[from Ride2uniannounce] There have been recent unsubstantiated reports of incidents of assault on female riders at night on the bike track between Macarthur and Wattle Streets in Lyneham. Path users are advised not to use this section of the path alone at night (recommended to turn right onto David Street O'Connor and follow road to Wattle St instead).

Well thats it for these 2 months. Happy cycling! -Peter S.

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