The rear running light definitely has an industrial look:

The front of the light has plenty of clearance from the seat mesh:

Out on the road, the 1 W LED appears about as bright as automotive running lights:

The blink pattern makes it perfectly visible in sunlight, although I’d prefer somewhat larger optics:

In shaded conditions, it’s downright conspicuous:

At any reasonable distance, the 10° beam covers much of the road behind the bike:

You may not know what the occulting red light represents, but something ahead is worthy of your attention.
The Arduino source code producing the two dits:
// Tour Easy Running Light
// Ed Nisley - KE4ZNU
// September 2021
#include <morse.h>
#define PIN_OUTPUT 13
// second param: true = active low output
LEDMorseSender Morser(PIN_OUTPUT,true,(float)10.0);
void setup()
{
Morser.setup();
Morser.setMessage(String("qst de ke4znu "));
Morser.sendBlocking();
// Morser.setWPM((float)3.0);
Morser.setSpeed(75);
Morser.setMessage(String("i "));
}
void loop()
{
if (!Morser.continueSending())
Morser.startSending();
}
Looks good to me, anyhow.
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