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From: Gio on 21 Mar 2010 06:33 > Well I admit to having mine on when riding my bike because of drivers > pulling in front of me. It does get me noticed as I ride then I have to > say it does it's job. I do profess to not like doing it because of the > inconvenience to other road users who do see me normally. I would like to > have a light fitting that was bright but not dazzling but not seen > anything on the market. Please remember it just takes some blind fool to > pull out at the last moment through not seeing me and my life changes. Error should read "I do profess to not like doing it because of ...." Sorry.
From: Tony Dragon on 21 Mar 2010 06:34 Gio wrote: > "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message > news:50fb6a19eedave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >> In article <80m8ghFogkU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> On 21/03/2010 09:48, Dave Plowman wrote: >>>> In article<ho3ii2$bau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> Mortimer<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>>> "Vicko Zoomba"<vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:2e043f98-ff5e-43d4-bb72-e56eca18cee1(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> It just shows how inconsiderate modern drivers are. Especially when >>>>>> it >>>>>> comes to waiting behind a car sitting in traffic lights with the >>>>>> morons foot on the brake. The blinding light from a large LED light + >>>>>> 2 brake lights is incredible but these retards dont think of the >>>>>> person behind them. >>>>> It's often someone in an automatic car who does it in preference to >>>>> putting the car into neutral and applying the handbrake. >>>> Are all cars autos, then? 99% have their brake lights on when stopped >>>> at >>>> lights, etc. >>>> >>> > >>> The lights don't bother me. Maybe some people have more sensitive eyes? >> >> Don't bother me much either. Nothing like badly set headlights. Of which >> there seem to be a lot around. Apart from motorbikes who seem to insist on >> using main beam in town - or setting the dip so it dazzles. > > > Well I admit to having mine on when riding my bike because of drivers > pulling in front of me. It does get me noticed as I ride then I have to say > it does it's job. I do profess to like doing it because of the > inconvenience to other road users who do see me normally. I would like to > have a light fitting that was bright but not dazzling but not seen anything > on the market. Please remember it just takes some blind fool to pull out at > the last moment through not seeing me and my life changes. > > If you are admitting to using main beam, have you thought about the problems you cause blinding oncoming road users? -- Tony Dragon
From: Gio on 21 Mar 2010 06:42 "Tony Dragon" <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:5bmdnTMUdvqyazjWnZ2dnUVZ8spi4p2d(a)bt.com... > Gio wrote: >> "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:50fb6a19eedave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >>> In article <80m8ghFogkU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>>> On 21/03/2010 09:48, Dave Plowman wrote: >>>>> In article<ho3ii2$bau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>>> Mortimer<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>>>> "Vicko Zoomba"<vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:2e043f98-ff5e-43d4-bb72-e56eca18cee1(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>>> It just shows how inconsiderate modern drivers are. Especially when >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> comes to waiting behind a car sitting in traffic lights with the >>>>>>> morons foot on the brake. The blinding light from a large LED light >>>>>>> + >>>>>>> 2 brake lights is incredible but these retards dont think of the >>>>>>> person behind them. >>>>>> It's often someone in an automatic car who does it in preference to >>>>>> putting the car into neutral and applying the handbrake. >>>>> Are all cars autos, then? 99% have their brake lights on when stopped >>>>> at >>>>> lights, etc. >>>>> >>>> > >>>> The lights don't bother me. Maybe some people have more sensitive >>>> eyes? >>> >>> Don't bother me much either. Nothing like badly set headlights. Of which >>> there seem to be a lot around. Apart from motorbikes who seem to insist >>> on >>> using main beam in town - or setting the dip so it dazzles. >> >> >> Well I admit to having mine on when riding my bike because of drivers >> pulling in front of me. It does get me noticed as I ride then I have to >> say it does it's job. I do profess to like doing it because of the >> inconvenience to other road users who do see me normally. I would like >> to have a light fitting that was bright but not dazzling but not seen >> anything on the market. Please remember it just takes some blind fool to >> pull out at the last moment through not seeing me and my life changes. > > If you are admitting to using main beam, have you thought about the > problems you cause blinding oncoming road users? > > -- > Tony Dragon Hi Tony, I will not pretend I like doing it but I tilt my headlight up slightly so that the beam kick to the left is not pointing at the ground and in the city I will use main beam in the daytime. I consider other road users too especially when going around a left hand bend but you have to remember a bike tilts as cornering so a correctly set horizontal beam suddenly points into the air and towards oncoming cars anyway.
From: Brimstone on 21 Mar 2010 07:04 "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2cb3a5bd-e4e1-4f05-9bbd-75cbc50fac74(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com... > On 20 Mar, 21:01, baggy1963 <stephen...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Isn't it now illegal to park facing the wrong way at night - even >> without lights? >> -- >> Ian >> >> Highway Code Rule 248 >> >> Parking at night >> >> You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of >> the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space. > > But its only effective if It's been taught in lessons and enforced by > plods. > How many beat plods do you think will know that code? > Answers on a postcard please. > You don't need to waste that much paper.
From: alan.holmes on 21 Mar 2010 09:12
"Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message news:50fb696c81dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <ho3ii2$bau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Mortimer <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:2e043f98-ff5e-43d4-bb72-e56eca18cee1(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >> > It just shows how inconsiderate modern drivers are. Especially when it >> > comes to waiting behind a car sitting in traffic lights with the >> > morons foot on the brake. The blinding light from a large LED light + >> > 2 brake lights is incredible but these retards dont think of the >> > person behind them. > >> It's often someone in an automatic car who does it in preference to >> putting the car into neutral and applying the handbrake. > > Are all cars autos, then? 99% have their brake lights on when stopped at > lights, etc. It's easy to tell whether the car is an auto, it has it's brake lights on all the time, becaause the idiot drivers rest their foot on the brake pedal, just enough to operate the brake light switch! If they had any sense they would put their foot on the floor. Alan > > -- > Blownapart* > > Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12 > |