Anybody who gets bothered by strobes on while crossing a runway is either a drama queen, overly sensitive to light, or just plane (har har) contradictory. It's ok to put on your landing lights and wing lights but not your strobes?

Sorry, but i'm going to stick to my safety practices, and if you don't have the sense to look away from me when I'm crossing a runway with my strobes (you can't figure out when I'm about to? Maybe it's because I'm hard to see?), then that's your own fault. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

And if you can't see the airport signs, then you need to go to an AME to get your vision rechecked, because you probably can't hold a medical. Sitting in the back with all the lights on in the cabin during taxi, I can still see the signs. Now, I MIGHT be able to buy your argument if you just said taxiway and runway pavement markings, seeing as you (should) only have your taxi light on at this point. However, even then I have a hard time believing that, and my night vision isn't particularly godly, and you should be using the lighted signs too. Of course, by your argument, looking both ways is more effective than turning on your lights (oh wait, that'd blind you too), so I guess all those runway incursion studies where multiple airplanes being cleared for the same runway are a myth.

I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill, and that these procedures are in place for a reason. You can yell at me all you want when I cross the runway, but I'm making a decision based off of safety, something that is protected (and encouraged) at my airline, and the regs support my decision as well (strobes must always be on EXCEPT when the PIC determines them to be a hazard to operations). Sorry, but that's the way it is, and that's the way it's going to be, and I know I'm not alone out there in my dedication to this practice.

Maybe you should wear your Oakley's at night too?