Flashing rear light enhances driver perception of cyclist ahead

My go-to set are Lidl's version of the Lezyne ones… I got a few sets last year when they were selling them off for a €10 or something ridiculous. As you say, they could easily have done a deal if they had any interest in providing actual benefits/ improvements as opposed to tokenism and box-ticking.

A quick search on AliExpress shows light sets for a few euros. Now, they're probably utter rubbish, but they're probably still better than the tea lights given out by the RSA. I'd imagine a reasonable set could be found with a bit of research which could then be bought in bulk for a low price.

I've generally been using the Aldi set (note: make sure the big screw holding the front light to the mount is tight - there ain't much in the way of threads going into the light body which I found out the hard way. Boy do those lights shatter with a bang!) which I find fine for daytime riding. I want to get a better set for getting out now that the days are on the wane, but having been stung by a reasonably high end Lezyne's battery trashing itself (non-replaceable) in a fairly short period of time, I'm wary about spending another packet.

Trying hard not to be facetious here and probably failing, but noticing the scooter because the light is flashing from well over a km away, but then determining that you're more likely to hit them because the light isn't static, is pushing it. No one can judge the distance of a static light until they're closer either.

The advantage of the integrated, dynamo connected lights is that they're less likely to be usable by anyone else, without getting involved in fiddly wiring.

Taxi driver overtook me directly into oncoming traffic last night. He knew the traffic was approaching, He knew the road had a Solid white line, He knew i was there as he sat on my back wheel for about 800meters before overtaking. (I use a Garmin Varia rear light along with a Hope District rear light. Up front i have a Hope R2 1100 lumen light). the moment he started to overtake me, he had to move to the left and forced me into the ditch! He was just an impatient muppet and there seems to be a lot of them about lately.