Sunday, 14 June 2009

Shiney and safe (Part 1)

When I drive my car at night, it always hits me when I pass a cyclist who has no light on his/ her bike. It always hits me at just how invisible they are and how they seem so nonchalant about this. Occasionally, I will roll down the window and inform them of the danger but I have yet to be thanked for my generous act of altruism. To be fair, though, not all of them ignore me on purpose- some of them are just too ingrosed in listening to their iPod or checking their phone to notice.

Anyway, I decided to upgrade my lights. The first one I bought was one for the front for 2600 yen. The RRP was 3300 yen, so I got a good deal and it is bloody powerful. Now I am worried that it might be too powerful- "Your honour, I only hit the cyclist because I was blinded by his search-beam and ploughed across two lanes of traffic".

So, post purchase, I got back to my bicycle at the parking place, tore open the packaging and put 2 (included) batteries into the light, clipped it shut, pressed the button and watched as nothing happened. I opened it up, fiddled around a bit more but, alas, bugger all. The rage built within me and I strode back to the shop, ready to smash the place up with my curses. This was the second time that they had screwed me with a faulty item (that is another story) and I had had enough. I found that the shop was closed by then so I power-walked back to my bike, ready to melt anyone who did not move from my path. I gave it another go and this time noticed that there were actually 4 slots for batteries, which meant that the 2 spare ones in the pack were not actually spare at all.
It was fortunate that the shop had been closed.

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