Indeed crazy-legs, I see so many people on my commute with one rear light and its not a great idea
I’ve got a Cateye LD-600 (I think it is, 5 LED long thin jobby) on my seat stay, and a Flare on my seatpost, seems a good combo (although the Flare cannot be USB charged as suggested up there somewhere). Last night I went to ride home and the LD-600 was flat, probably someone turned it on at work or something. So I turned on my Flare and set off.
20-odd miles later having ridden from the City, as I got to the M25 I realised my Flare wasn’t on either! No idea how long it hadn’t been on, but I’d not noticed any difference in the cars attitudes, no one (cyclist or driver) had said owt either. I suspect it had only been off for a short time (I’d not quite twisted the besel enough, it wasn’t flat or owt), but it was quite worrying that I’d been riding along on some busy roads with intermittent streetlights and no rear light at all, and I’m not the best at this reflective malarky. Eek.
Perhaps my Flash and Maxx-D combo puts out a big enough pool I was still obvious!