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It helps when the car is going real fast so you don't even have time to hear it or for people who don't want/can't look behind them to know if there is a car when they turn left.

With a radar you are never surprised so it can help some people to feel safe.

I don't think it changes how you react but how you anticipate.

Even then I don't have a radar on my bike. It's too expensive for my use case right now.

These radar lights usually do two things. They flash rapidly if a car comes too close to the cyclist and they also enable your head unit to display an indication of how far away the car behind you is.

So you kinda need a head unit to make the best use of your 100$+ light.

I've seen cyclists use it to know when they will be overtaken. They all like it but I've seen it only among cyclists who cycle as a sport.

Very interesting, thank you! In terms of percentage, I understand that the Republic could raise a large part of its population compared to the Empire but do you have info in terms of absolute numbers? Do we know for example the largest single battle loss during the Republic and during the Empire?

Losing 40 thousand men during the mid-Republic which had approx. 300 thousand free male citizens at the time (I think?) sounds like it could crush the country. But it is "only" 13% of the male population. As you said it could go up to 20%.

Large scale war is devastating. Glad to be in a peaceful country (for now).