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Headlights on??
skip:
Yeah what really good idea that is :roll: It's going to make bikers virtually invisible. The reason cars from denmark and sweden have lights on all the time is because it is foggy/misty alot more than it is over here.
Lights are mainly to be used during poor visibility not when it's slightly dreary outside the window, consideration has got to be given to the prevailing conditions in this country not the rest of europe.
tazbabe:
and it uses 5% more fuel. very environmentally friendly! :?
auf_wiedersehen_pet:
--- Quote from: muddyjames on February 25, 2008, 18:16:50 ---Why do you think Volvo's have the headlights built into the cars ignition to come on automaticaly ;)
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That's selectable - a bit like a motorbike. Put the lights on and they will then go on/off with the ignition.
--- Quote from: tazbabe on February 25, 2008, 18:51:42 ---and it uses 5% more fuel. very environmentally friendly! :?
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Total waste of fuel.
--- Quote from: V8MoneyPit on February 25, 2008, 18:37:30 ---It is only new cars built after 2011. You will not need to drive your current car with lights on during daylight hours.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/10/nlights110.xml
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Good. It's down to not retro fitting cars with safety devices. My old Series 1 has no seat belts as the law came out many years after, etc, etc, etc.
barnhill4x4:
As said above, LED's are the way to go. Very little consumption so wont affect emmisions anyway near as much as normal bulbs. I hear you on the Bikes though. Maybe just sidelights on cars and headlights on bikes?
Evilgoat:
YES!
Drive with sidelights oin most of the time, fed up of people saying they didnt see me and driving into me. Never had this problem with the Volvo or Audi 100 which have the hard wired sidelights.
5% more fuel for full beam yes, not for sidelights, especially LED ones. Its done in the states with Indicators on the front and I had seriously debated doing the conversion to mine.
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