With Reelights lamps you avoid fines!
If you jump on your bike, you are obliged to ensure that you are clearly visible to other road users. When visibility is poor, you must also have your front and rear lights on. The chance of being involved in an accident is 20% smaller when you have good lighting on your bike. Aren’t you doing this? Then you risk a fine of 60 euros.
In this blog you can read what is and what is not allowed when it comes to lighting on your bicycle. You can also read how lamps from Reelight help you avoid fines!
What should you keep in mind when it comes to bicycle lighting?
There are a number of rules about bicycle lighting that ensure that you are clearly visible to other road users. You can read these rules below:
- Use yellow or white lighting at the front and red at the back;
- Make sure your light is shining straight ahead or straight back. You may not have anything hanging over your lighting;
- The use of separate lamps – such as the XLC lighting sets – is permitted. Attach it to your handlebars, bag, chest or back, so that you are clearly visible;
- Your bike must have at least a red reflector on the back of your bike, 2 yellow reflectors on your pedals and white or yellow reflectors on your rims or tires. Isn’t this the case? Then you risk a fine of 40 euros;
What is prohibited?
- Don’t decorate your bike like a Christmas tree. Colored and/or flickering lighting is not allowed and even dangerous. This can cause epileptic seizures in road users;
- Do not attach loose lights to your head, legs or arms
- Reflectors on your spokes or lights on your spoke are not allowed
Lamps from Reelights help prevent a fine
With lamps from Reelights, energy is processed by magnets that are attached to your rotating wheel. The Reelights lamps are mounted on the Swapfiets as standard. These durable lights do not really provide much lighting. This will prevent you from fines of 60 euros.
You only need to attach the lamps once. However, it is a fiddle to confirm them. There is a plastic screw thread attached to the spoke magnets. If you do not attach the lamps correctly, there is a chance that the magnet will sit crooked.
In the video below you can see how you can attach the sustainable lamps from Reelights. Can’t do it yourself? The employees of Fietsvoordeelshop.nl are ready for you!
