Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?
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Do you drive with your lights OFF at night?
are people really that stupid to realise they haven't got them on?
Unsurprisingly yes:bang:
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.
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.
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
saw a few cars last night without lights in ther dusk/dark o clock period
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
there was still people with no lights on tho.
i think its the whole its getting lighter and more summer ish type thing
moot point for the uk since lights on 24/7 are coming in under eu legislation
i drive with mine on day and 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
although sometimes when im driving around town i put on the sidelights as the stilo's look cool
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:nerner:
dnt volvos constantly ahve there lights on as the country they were made (cant remember) is always dark/
well done
5 points to you :devil:
(braniest one in this thread :worship
brainiest one on the forum i think you'll find
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
lol
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.
Na cant remember i think it was a London thing in the late 80's early 90's i dont think that it is that hard to believe make a pole and ask how many people have either tried or been run off the road and i think that the results will surprise you unless its just my area.
i sometimes sleep at night with my lights on, is that worse?
Hard to do for those living outside Poland.
Hell NO, it's dangerous as all hell. Although I have been caught without my lights on at night, the only time that I have done it, I pulled onto the road from a parking spot in front of the brand spanking new VE Commodore, an unmarked cop car ;(
As for the Volvos, the headlights aren't hardwired on in the newest (MY'00 onwards) models, it was a great feature of the 240's
VOLVO 240 GL's ROCK!!!
Michael
As for the Volvos, the headlights aren't hardwired on in the newest (MY'00 onwards) models, it was a great feature of the 240's
VOLVO 240 GL's ROCK!!!
Michael
Last time I was in Sweden I was sunburnt by day 2, not the sort of thing you'd associate with an always dark country.
