clarification.
I was. and am referring to daytime riding. I don't think I have ever ridden past dusk. I ride recreationally, no commuting. I assumed (always a big mistake) that would be understood. The high beams are not blinding in that situation, but do increase head-on visibility. I just want to be SEEN.
They do not increase your visibility as they do not change.
They still are blinding.
They mask your turn signals.
I ride a lot at night - the Burgman 650 lights are the best I've had.
If I leave them on by accident in the daytime I get flashed all the time to drop them down.
Leave you headlights on low and use the flash button to flip them up and hold them up when appropriate....THAT improves your visibility.
You may be getting confused with the real statistic that lights on in the daytime reduces accidents and that is very true.
In Ontario it started with motorcycles and accidents reduced.
The reduction was so marked that it was then mandated that all new vehicles have daytime headlights wired in....they are on all the time the car is in motion.....bikes too.
What makes a bike stand out is not steady on high beams but either modulated lights OR moving from low beam to high.
That's where your attention grabbing aspect comes in.
Some even weave to catch attention.
In my view running with high beams in the daytime is inconsiderate, obscures your turn signals and in some cases is illegal.
Buddy I ride with was always mad at me if I didn't turn the high beams down when he was leading ( daytime riding ). The bloody things are bright.