TireFlys CYA

Fritz M <[email hidden]+> wrote:

: 2. Has TireFly exposed themselves to liability by offering such dubious safety advice? If a child
: with TireFly equipped bike riding down the sidewalk were killed or injured by a car backing out
: of the driveway, can the parents sue TireFly and win?

Possibly, if it's the U.S. However, they didn't advise for the kids to ride on the sidewalk...

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In article <[email hidden]>,

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Fritz M <[email hidden]+> wrote:

: 2. Has TireFly exposed themselves to liability by offering such dubious safety advice? If a child
: with TireFly equipped bike riding down the sidewalk were killed or injured by a car backing
: out of the driveway, can the parents sue TireFly and win?

Possibly, if it's the U.S. However, they didn't advise for the kids to ride on the sidewalk...

I think the company is just concerned that somebody might construe this product as being adequate
night lighting for bicycles.

There is that certain age range where children's cognitive skills typically haven't developed
sufficiently for safe riding on the street. That would be the same age range where you wouldn't let
the kids cross the street alone, on foot, either. Maybe this is what the company had in mind?

I think the first thing most people do when they open the box of a new acquisition, is to throw the
instruction sheet/manual away, anyway :-)

(I came to this cynical conclusion after working for awhile in a TV repair shop).

As the old saying goes: when all else fails, read the instructions.

I wonder if these TireFlies come in nifty shapes, like human skulls or .44 cartidge cases.

cheers, Tom

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Interesting...I got something similar about 8-10 years ago called "Fire Flys". They were basic black
plastic with a red LED out the top on a pivoting head that you could turn to face up or to either
side for better side visibility. Not dependant on tire roatation to stay lit.

I used them for night rides and commuting and they really helped to catch peoples attention. I even
got comments about them from drivers at stoplights. Very fred in appearance but effective as hell.

ie "ride fast, take chances"

"Fritz M" <[email hidden]+> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I bought some TireFlys for my son's bike just for the fun of it. Those

are the little

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motion-activated LED lights that screw on to the valve caps. Worthless in

daylight, but

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seven-year-olds still think they're pretty cool.

The directions on the back includes a paragraph of

corporate-lawyer-mandated CYA

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warnings. One of the more "interesting" warnings is:

"Children should not ride bicycles on public roadways."

A couple of questions that came to my little mind:

1. Where did TireFly lawyers get this information that children shouldn't

ride in the

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street?

2. Has TireFly exposed themselves to liability by offering such dubious

safety advice?

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If a child with TireFly equipped bike riding down the sidewalk were killed

or injured by

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a car backing out of the driveway, can the parents sue TireFly and win?

RFM
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