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Not all of them are. Usually there's a white reflector aimed forward, yellow/orange ones aimed sideways and a red one aimed backwards. The different colors are used to make it possible to see from the reflection only which direction the bike is pointing/heading.

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They make it easier for cars on the road to spot you by reflecting the glare from their headlights back at them.

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IF you are riding at nights, it helps any one with a light to spot you. Can save you from being run over

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A reflector basically is something that causes incoming energy to bounce back in the same but opposite direction that it came from. Bicycle reflectors are fairly small plastic, flat things located on the front, back, side and sometimes on the pedals of the bicycle. The reflectors have small mirror-like surfaces that become very bright when something like the light from a car hits them, making the bicycle easier to spot.


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