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Flashing Roadworks Lights, gone too far?

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carbore:
IS it just me, or is the amount of flashing light at roadside works getting too much. I frequently drive at night and in some places there are flashing signs, every vehicle with strobing lights, lights on cones with beacons etc etc. When you have been driving down a relatively dark road and hit that much flashing light I find it highly disorientating. I say disorientating, not distracting because its meant to get your attention, but I find that I am severely dazzled going past that much light, its similar to driving past a lorry in the wet when you just cant see anything. Worse still the bit where you are blind is the bit where the blokes are likely to be working.

Im sure that Mr H&S thinks lights at flashing is good, but I think they need to step back (literally) from what they are doing and think about how it affects the overall safety picture.

I also appreciate that it makes people slow down, but temporarily blinding motorists in the interests of safety seems counter productive.

Lucy1978:
Most of the time the flashing lights on plant is there for the safety of the workers not the travelling public. Our policy is if the vehicle isn't moving you turn the beacon off.  Flashing lights may have the affect of "waking" drivers up, doesn't always work as I've been driving a dirty great yellow Hi-lux 4x4 with a light bar on the back along with hi-vis markings, and pulled in to traffic management on the M1 only to find the dopey driver behind me had followed me in, and that's not a rare occurance.

Silvery Thing:
A number of years ago I attended a serious RTA where a Vauxhall ran into the rear of a water bowser that did not have flashing lights.... the driver was crushed and dead :(

I would never moan about flashing lights [-X

Disco Matt:
I have no objection to flashing lights with good reason, however I do think something needs to be done about roadside buildings with excessively bright lighting. Example: There is a pub near me which resembles a Christmas tree at night including several very bright spotlights. These are not shaded from shining onto the road and are more or less at eye level. This completely destroys your night vision and thereby poses a danger to road safety on an already hazardous section.

Quite apart from the fact that excessive lighting both wastes electricity and stops us seeing the stars!

Yoshi:
I think the other roadworks problem is the floodlights! 

They point them at the oncoming traffic deliberately i think.  Now them things really do blind you!!!

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