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Q: If you are Chinese could you answer this question please

I mean no disrespect ok

 

why do Chinese people ride bikes with no lights? when I went to work this morning its dark I have 2 lights on the front of my bike and one flashing red light on the back. so many people are putting there lives at risk by riding with out lights on there bikes.

 

dont they care what happens to them? is it because they cant afford some lights?I really dont get it. the lights are for people to be able to see you.

 

riding on the road without lights is just asking for trouble.

 

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I have asked this question - and the answer is what you would think...

 

The bike is electric. The light is electric. You turn on the light, you have less power for the bike. Simple!

 

For cars, the same logic would apply, except for the existence of alternators... which I've been told don't exist here..??? I suspect the person who told me that didn't have the faintest idea!

Lord_hanson:

This is the exact answer you were looking for Rob. They don't know about alternators in cars. They seem to think they will save fuel if they don't turn on the lights.

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Scandinavian:

I does actually save fuel to not have the lights on, in the bigger picture perhaps not a lot, but the energy for the lights comes from the fuels

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Really? I thought it came from the car battery.

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Or for that matter, driving at night without turning on the car headlights....

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I'm not Chinese, obviously, but may I have a shot in the dark (no pun intended)?

 

1. It never occurred to them to turn on the lights

2. The concept of action/consequence never occurred to them

3. Being thrifty so as not to wear out the lightbulbs

4. Possibility of a compensation payout if they are hit

5. Being environmentally conscious by reducing the amount of power required

RobRocks:

I ride a mountain bike I have lights on my bike,why would you not put lights on your bicycle so you can be seen?

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I'm fairly certain you DID intend that pun!

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Yeah, you meant it alright.  Numbers one to four are exactly the reasons...esp 1 & 2.

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Dude....way to out me

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because they are idiots

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They want the battery to last longer. They are willing to risk their lives for that extra mile.

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You could also question the mentality (or lack of..) as to why parents won't strap their babies in baby capsules or put a seat belt around their toddlers & children! I mean...duhhh - wtf!!

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I have asked this question - and the answer is what you would think...

 

The bike is electric. The light is electric. You turn on the light, you have less power for the bike. Simple!

 

For cars, the same logic would apply, except for the existence of alternators... which I've been told don't exist here..??? I suspect the person who told me that didn't have the faintest idea!

Lord_hanson:

This is the exact answer you were looking for Rob. They don't know about alternators in cars. They seem to think they will save fuel if they don't turn on the lights.

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Scandinavian:

I does actually save fuel to not have the lights on, in the bigger picture perhaps not a lot, but the energy for the lights comes from the fuels

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it seems most people have a death wish in China

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Sorry for not being properly Chinese yet still answering this

 

http://www.earnshaw.com/other-writings/driving-without-lights

 

Headlights actually being banned at some point in time. What brilliant mind made up that law. To this day it is still illegal to drive with the lights on during daytime, a thing that has been mandatory on Swedish roads (and in an increasing number of European countries) for decades as it lowers accidents. 

 

Note that this is an account from 1981.

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Just FTR - motorbikes in most (all?) Australian states also need to drive with headlights on at all times (ie, daytime too!)

 

WE also have laws about using high-beams - something that doesn't seem to exist here. Apparenlty it's not a problem blinding other drivers (granted, most never use their mirrors, or even bother looking at the road anyway - not when there are important selfies, or texting to be doing!)

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I always rode my motorbike in the daytime with the headlight on (low beam of course!). It wasn't compulsory, just common sense to make you marginally more visible. 

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sure, I do recognize that some of the lesser civilized countries also have laws that make sense. 

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the other night I saw a family on an ebike riding in to on coming traffic no lights.

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They're as dumb as dog shit.  All the stupid things they do have to be attributed to that fact.

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1. The lights of their e-bike is broken, and they recuctantly to use the bike without a light. 

2.The safty awareness of them is poor.

3.There is a conception of them deep inside, "凑合着过日子" ("scramble for a living"), we are hurry in making money, we don't have time to complain, because If we don't work today, tomorrow we will starve, we can not support our familly.

 

we have too much frustration for living, you don't know about that., 

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1. The lights of their e-bike is broken, and they recuctantly to use the bike without a light. 

2.The safty awareness of them is poor.

3.There is a conception of them deep inside, "凑合着过日子" ("scramble for a living"), we are hurry in making money, we don't have time to complain, because If we don't work today, tomorrow we will starve, we can not support our familly.

 

we have too much frustration for living, you don't know about that., 

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1. The lights of their e-bike is broken, and they recuctantly to use the bike without a light. 

2.The safty awareness of them is poor.

3.There is a conception of them deep inside, "凑合着过日子" ("scramble for a living"), we are hurry in making money, we don't have time to complain, because If we don't work today, tomorrow we will starve, we can not support our familly.

 

we have too much frustration for living, you don't know about that., 

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China, except 1st tire cities, is bicycle friendly. There are wide bike lane with metal fences on the side so that no cars can get to the wrong lane. Street lights that makes it easy to see everywhere. Why would people need extra bike light?

 

In big cities like Shanghai and beijing, road situations are more complicated. But again, bikes are useless in places like that unless you are just using it in your living communities and so places nearby. So it's not really risky. It can be though.

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Stiggs:

Yeah SpongeBob, I haven't seen anywhere that's remotely cycle friendly. I used to cycle a lot and it was just dangerous.

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