How visible were we?

One of the concerns the police had about Wednesday’s crash was how visible I was on the Winther Kangaroo trike, a question that a couple of other people have asked as well. Fair enough. It was 11.10am, the sun was shining and visibility was very good. The rear LED lamp was on, the bike has reflectors, reflective stripes on the cabin, reflective tyre stripes, pedal reflectors and additional daylight visibility sticks, and I was wearing a cyclist’s reflective belt. The trike is also quite large, very unusual and has a lot of road presence.

The trike is also very visible from the front, with a Lumicycle 12w (overvolted to 16w) halogen spot on the right and a 20w (26w) halogen flood on the left, plus reflective strips, reflectors, and high visibility stickers. (The spot was broken in the crash. I’d say we were highly visible from front, back and sides.