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Bush Tucker Man:
Given the manky, wet, & indeed, mucky nature of this morning during the 'school-run' at 08:00, why was it that I saw so many cars not showing a single evidence of lighting??

And, it was the usual suspects too.......

Grey, Silver & other dark coloured cars whos drivers were the worst offenders  :roll:


I realise that their argument would be the usual "Well, I can see perfectly well, & don't need lights"


Surely though, they need to be seen too??
If the rain/sleet is coming down, a grey car blends into the background


And, if there is a collision, no matter who's fault, surely that phrase beloved of lawyers will be introduced into the equation; 'Contributary Negligence'


So, if you know someone who's has a car of these colours, please give them a hint about grey cars disappearing in bad lighting conditions, so they don't become a statistic.

Disco Matt:
I see exactly the same thing on a regular basis. I've even had some of these wallies flashing their lights at me. Err, yes, I know I have my lights on. It's so you can see me!

kourgath:
Don't get us Driving Instructors started :evil:

Plenty are the numpties who feel that as they can see so there will be no problem. As you say it seems to be silver, light grey and light gold cars that are the worse in fog/mist. At night it does seem to be the dark cars.

The french make some amazing camoflage colours for the UK weather, Moonstone silver (or mist) was one I had on a Pug 605 V6...

I put my lights on almost all the time mostly side lights.

What about all those eejots who have got badly adjusted dips or those who can't find the dip switch?

Adios
Gavin /kourgath

Thrasher:
Ah the joys of automatic headlights :)

..and of course some clever programming! If the automatic wipers come on and sustain a length of time (a minute or so I think) - then blammo - lights are turned on automagically too - wether it is dark or not  :D

Yoshi:
Yeah, then there is those who go too far and have their fog lights on when there is no fog!!!

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