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Old 03-04-2008   #1
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Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

I just saw 3 cars without any lights on in the space of 1 minute - are people really that stupid to realise they haven't got them on?
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

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are people really that stupid to realise they haven't got them on?
Unsurprisingly yes
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

If ever you were to ask these people, you will find their answer to be something like "I could see everything perfectly well"

With most urban roads being well-lit, a driver is able to see most things at night without using lights, what many fail to realise is that many colours don't show up (or not very well) under street lights so for all intents and purposes, your car may be invisible to other road users & using lights will enable others to see you coming. Using dipped lights then provides a good contrast between the colour of normal street lights & the white of a headlight, enabling drivers to pick out deteails.
Then, of course, there are the cretins who have their fogs on all the time - fogs are absolutely no use as driving lights as their primary task is to throw a beam along the road surface. Under normal weather conditions, this beam is almost lost.
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

i think(in the UK) its more evident in the summer gmt period and the lighter nights.
saw a few cars last night without lights in ther dusk/dark o clock period
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

Either way they're all bloody idiots
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

i went out about 7ish as it was getting a tad dark i just went for sidelights but within about 15 mins i went all out lol.

there was still people with no lights on tho.

i think its the whole its getting lighter and more summer ish type thing
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moot point for the uk since lights on 24/7 are coming in under eu legislation
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i drive with mine on day and night
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

i dont really bother with sidelights, i just go straight from no lights to full lights

although sometimes when im driving around town i put on the sidelights as the stilo's look cool
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

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i dont really bother with sidelights, i just go straight from no lights to full lights

although sometimes when im driving around town i put on the sidelights as the stilo's look cool
they never look cool

dnt volvos constantly ahve there lights on as the country they were made (cant remember) is always dark/
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dnt volvos constantly ahve there lights on as the country they were made (cant remember) is always dark/
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

I picked me mate up from train station on tuesday at 9.15 pm, was waiting to pull out onto main road and this saxo thing came up the road with no lights on, and it ended up bein a woman driver lol
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

There used to be a gang that thir initialisation was to drive around with no lights on and ram the first person to flash you off the road. The more damage you do the more reeeespec you get. Perhaps its coming back in fashion.
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Re: Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?

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There used to be a gang that thir initialisation was to drive around with no lights on and ram the first person to flash you off the road. The more damage you do the more reeeespec you get. Perhaps its coming back in fashion.
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