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CaptainColourful:

--- Quote from: hobbit on February 26, 2008, 22:47:05 ---Unless the law in Germany since the 80's, in bad weather dipped headlights are mandatory, not just fog, this includes dusk and dawn, rain, sleet, snow, fog, mist, any weather where the conditions mean the visilbility is reduced

Even now if its bad I'll put dipped headlights on, having lights on all day does have a mixed response from people, but how many folks have claimed that they did not see the other vehicle coming

A law for inclement weather compulsary dipped headlights should be brought in, how often have you driven up the motorway, bad spray in daylight form rain, and someone has sidelights on behind you and you cant see them, against a headlighted vehicle

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AS far as I am aware it is already mandatory in the UK to use dipped headlights in poor visibility. It's a pity that the plod don't take action against the "sidelight" brigade. It wouldn't take much doing, just stand by the side of any road with a camera and click away ! That is if there's enough light available !
They manage it with speed cameras (oops sorry.... safety cameras)

I think it should only be possible to use parking lights once the vehicle has stopped, with or without ignition turned on.

I was once told by a traffic cop mate of mine that if a driver decides to turn sidelights (read parking lights)on during poor conditions, that it is easier to charge him/her for failing to drive with headlights on, cos he/she has made a conscious decision that he/she needs lights on...  and that if a driver has no lights on in poor conditions, it becomes a bigger challenge to prove that headlights were necessary at that time. It can be put down as a personal judgement, whether it is wrongly or rightly made.

As far as bikes using anything other than dipped beam at all times, no wonder so many get knocked off or at best have near misses when they don't want to be noticed on the road.. but some use full beam, and that makes things just as bad cos it makes it difficult to judge their speed once they have blinded you.


--- Quote from: Sider on February 27, 2008, 18:39:05 ---
--- Quote from: Bob696 on February 25, 2008, 18:16:06 ---stupid idea for this time of year with a low sun. Best form of camoflage to make you even more difficult to see with the sun behind you is to have your lights on :roll:

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No offence, Bob, but that is nonsense. And it comes from someone who spends his life on the road, more often than not in the funny hours.

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I agree with Sider .. looking towards a low sun things tend to look monochrome... a car without lights is easier to miss seeing than one with headlights on.

CaptainColourful:
Rant over, now off to bed to see if I can make the earth move again  :lol:

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