Random/Awkward Highway code questions...

[muffin8118]

i dont understand why people are targeting dom all he did was do the IAM course and pass the test for himself, no one else

and he made this thread for a bit of fun

No doubt, dom is paying lower insurance premiums than most of us!

 

[Shadeyman]

Its sort of related, this was in a motorway service station.

 

[Eklipze3k]

I refuse to believe that there are actually people that thick in the world, how do they not fall over when they walk??

 

[chr1s]

I refuse to believe that there are actually people that thick in the world, how do they not fall over when they walk??

And how do they cope when confronted by a pair of metal doors with no handles, and a sign saying 'LIFT' ?

 

[Andy Monty]

When I was a cyclist (before getting knocked off one too many times) I invested in a set of high intensity LEDs and the notes on the packing stated (something like) only to be used in static mode when fitted to cycle, flashing mode to be used only when clipped to body.

The reasoning seemed to be that an intense flashing LED at saddle height (just under the saddle) is at eye level for most drivers and so would cause great annoyance, as it would when fixed to any point. When worn on the body though, the lights will be directed all over the place as the cyclist moves.

Its now legal to have/use flashing bike lights which do not comply with BS6102/3 HOWEVER it must NOT have a static mode if it does its illegal to use on its own....

Its an over complicated joke which just confuses the living daylights out of people

http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=4071

 

[sludgeguts]

Its now legal to have/use flashing bike lights which do not comply with BS6102/3 HOWEVER it must NOT have a static mode if it does its illegal to use on its own....

Its an over complicated joke which just confuses the living daylights out of people

http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=4071

:bang: I wonder if those who pass the laws have ever sat behind a cyclist with LEDs? At night, your eyes are accustomed to everything being gloomy but an LED hitting your eyes at the right angle (as they always seem to do) can be blinding - and those flashing ones can be both annoying AND blinding.
It's extra annoying to be sat behind cars at night with drivers who don't know what their handbrake is for as they sit there with all their brake lights blazing out.

 

[RuSZ]

Actually used one of these signs the other day, or attempted to.

Driving from Huddersfield to Goole on the M62 travelling in the 3rd lane, suddenly the car in front slammed on and swerved.

There was a cone in the lane.. :bang: im glad the Discovery was tailgating me like 5minutes before..

I noticed one of the Driver Location signs remember its number and called the police, but the woman at the emergancy call centre hand no idea what i was on about when i said i was near "Location 108.1 A M62"

 

[Andy Monty]

Actually used one of these signs the other day, or attempted to.

Driving from Huddersfield to Goole on the M62 travelling in the 3rd lane, suddenly the car in front slammed on and swerved.

There was a cone in the lane.. :bang: im glad the Discovery was tailgating me like 5minutes before..

I noticed one of the Driver Location signs remember its number and called the police, but the woman at the emergancy call centre hand no idea what i was on about when i said i was near "Location 108.1 A M62"

Reminds me of my Mum ringing the emergency services the other year when there was a 2 car smash just up the road from home (i heard the bang and i was about a mile away at the time...) we live on the Main road (A614) and even giving the road name and number they were almost clueless


Dont think they have discovered google maps yet That and cost cutting has centralised 999 calls so you no longer speak to a "local" but someone 50 miles away thats never even heard of the town let alone have a rough idea of the main roads...

 

[RuSZ]

Dont think they have discovered google maps yet That and cost cutting has centralised 999 calls so you no longer speak to a "local" but someone 50 miles away thats never even heard of the town let alone have a rough idea of the main roads...

Its very helpful in an emergency..

I had another very similar situtation to the obstruction when a cars bumper had fallen off and was straddling the 2nd and 3rd lanes of the M1 near wakefield, you could see cars swerving as you come up to the asecent.

after i passed it i called the police and told the woman that i didnt know what junction i was at, but norhtbound on the M!. but i told her that i was at the Junction where the West Yorkshire Police Traffic HQ is.. and she thought that was in Sheffield...

Wakefield = West, Sheffield = South :nutter:

 

[Focus Owner]

Its very helpful in an emergency..

I had another very similar situtation to the obstruction when a cars bumper had fallen off and was straddling the 2nd and 3rd lanes of the M1 near wakefield, you could see cars swerving as you come up to the asecent.

after i passed it i called the police and told the woman that i didnt know what junction i was at, but norhtbound on the M!. but i told her that i was at the Junction where the West Yorkshire Police Traffic HQ is.. and she thought that was in Sheffield...

Wakefield = West, Sheffield = South :nutter:

I thought it was a truck mud guard

 

[Grande Mark]

i have a good one,

are you allowed to have a green flashing light on your car visible to others?

Only Emergency Doctors on call...

there is a nother use besides doctors in an emergency, and any one in the public can have the green flashing light. (so long as the car supports it)

No, Green Flashing lights are for Doctors only... You can be charged with impersonation of an Emergency Vehicle And Impersonation of a Medical Professional. A crime that wont result in a smack on the bum, but much worse.

 

[RuSZ]

I thought it was a truck mud guard

Differnt incidents? It was silver and had a reflector on it. But I was more busy avioding it

 

[Focus Owner]

about 3 weeks ago?

i was passenger with more beer inside of me than a...

 

[JustAndy]

about 3 weeks ago?

i was passenger with more beer inside of me than a...

Brewery?

 

[RuSZ]

about 3 weeks ago?

No..

well over a year ago.. it was the first time i had taken my old Seat Leon on a motorway and i got that 2years ago..

 

[The Beard]

Its now legal to have/use flashing bike lights which do not comply with BS6102/3 HOWEVER it must NOT have a static mode if it does its illegal to use on its own....

Its an over complicated joke which just confuses the living daylights out of people

http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=4071

The push bikes we use at work have lights that have both static and flashing modes. You'd think our lot would know the law.

Its very helpful in an emergency..

I had another very similar situtation to the obstruction when a cars bumper had fallen off and was straddling the 2nd and 3rd lanes of the M1 near wakefield, you could see cars swerving as you come up to the asecent.

after i passed it i called the police and told the woman that i didnt know what junction i was at, but norhtbound on the M!. but i told her that i was at the Junction where the West Yorkshire Police Traffic HQ is.. and she thought that was in Sheffield...

Wakefield = West, Sheffield = South :nutter:

About 10 years ago the emergency services started using a first come first served system which meant that if an emrgency was in Leeds and the only ambulance available was in Bradford then that was the one that was sent, which partly negates the need to have call centres conveniently located. But I would have expected the operator to know the difference between one force area and the next.

It's quite possible that the operator in question was in a facility that was jointly operated by both forces.

 

[RuSZ]

It's quite possible that the operator in question was in a facility that was jointly operated by both forces.

Even if the centres are jointly operated the operater should still know that Sheffield is in the South Riding of Yorkshire and Wakefield is in the West.. over 25miles apart.. (yes not that much...)

But both south and west have seperate call centres.. ironically based in Sheffield and Wakefield...

 

[johnw]

just seen a PM asking me to comment on the blue light issue.

The law on blue lights is in the Road vehicles lighting regulations 1989

section 11 (1) has the rules for lights to the front of the vehicle and does NOT specifically prohibit blue lights.
section 11 (2) has the rules for lights to the rear of the vehicle, blue is not allowed.

Restrictions on fitting blue warning beacons, special warning lamps and similar devices are covered by section 16.

No vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle, shall be fitted with–
(a)a blue warning beacon or special warning lamp, or
(b)a device which resembles a blue warning beacon or a special warning lamp, whether the same is in working order or not.

section 27 says that if you have legal blue lights fitted you can only use them in emergencies for which your vehicle is designed. In other words it would need an ambulance to be allowed to have and use a blue light to transport injured people.


So you MIGHT be OK with blue leds on the washer jets, it would depend on how the police view it. I know some who allow very small leds but ticket bigger ones.

You are definitely not OK with blue lights behind the grill as the effect would look too much like police lights as used on unmarked cars. Blue leds on the wiper arms would be a bad idea as they they would move and contravene rules about lights needing to be steady.

Add to all this the fact that there is no definition of blue in the law, so it could all end up in court for a trial about whether your lights are blue or not.

 

[Andy Monty]

Thanks for that johnw

 

[Focus Owner]

if a car traveling at the speed of light turnst it headlights on would it cause a light pulse?