What difference does it make if it flashes fast or not. See the point is to get the people behind you attention so they don't run you over. So if you blink at a so called normal pace you blend into the background. But if you blink fast people will notice you and maybe cut down the odds. I left mind blink fast so I get noticed.
Dan
Dan, I think you're absolutely right.
Installing multi LEDs on the rear of my wife's bike, I had a devil of a time with fast turn signals and also intermittent blips. I used the requisite heavy duty flasher in lieu of load equalizers..... which cause the LEDs to draw as much juice as regular bulbs...and which get HOT while wasting that juice (hot enough to damage paint from the inside out). I spent several weekends chasing down the problem....which was all a ground issue. (I suck at auto electric OK)
Anyway, during this time I sat and thought the same thing. A fast flashing turn signal is not illegal, and it draws
much more attention than one blinking like everyone else's (& cars) at the normal rate. Turn signals could save your life, so what's the downside if they go blip/blip/blip instead of flash..........flash?
The downside to me was that if I left it flashing quickly, it would be bright evidence that I did not know what I was doing on the install LOL. So I spent forever chasing all the wrong reasons they weren't working until I got it figured out.
But I should have left them blinking fast (on my wife's bike)!!
