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From: Mr. Benn on 21 Mar 2010 09:52 "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$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> > Mortimer<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >> "Vicko Zoomba"<vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:2e043f98-ff5e-43d4-bb72-e56eca18cee1(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >> >>> It just shows how inconsiderate modern drivers are. Especially when >> >>> it >> >>> comes to waiting behind a car sitting in traffic lights with the >> >>> morons foot on the brake. The blinding light from a large LED light + >> >>> 2 brake lights is incredible but these retards dont think of the >> >>> person behind them. >> > >> >> It's often someone in an automatic car who does it in preference to >> >> putting the car into neutral and applying the handbrake. >> > >> > Are all cars autos, then? 99% have their brake lights on when stopped >> > at >> > lights, etc. >> > >> > > >> The lights don't bother me. Maybe some people have more sensitive eyes? > > > Don't bother me much either. Unlike you and Bod, they do bother me so please show some consideration for the drivers who are bothered.
From: Mr. Benn on 21 Mar 2010 09:53 "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:c30d909e-f2ef-489f-bb95-f46c8831a903(a)l25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... On 21 Mar, 09:51, Bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > On 21/03/2010 09:48, Dave Plowman wrote: > > > In article<ho3ii2$ba...(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Mortimer<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> "Vicko Zoomba"<vicko_zoo...(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? > > Bod Well if I've got a slight headache and are sitting behind some idiot with all the brake lights on for a sustained period, I find that it exacerbates my headache. ============= That's impossible because the brakelights don't bother Bod and Dave P! ;-)
From: Mortimer on 21 Mar 2010 10:04 "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message news:dXopn.5027$Vh1.1444(a)newsfe15.ams2... > > "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message > news:50fb696c81dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >> In article <ho3ii2$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. If they had any sense they'd keep they left foot permanently on the floor and only use their right foot - both for the accelerator and the brake. But manufacturers make double-width brake pedals and some even say "you can use either foot on the brake" - I remember this being said in some car brochures.
From: Nick Finnigan on 21 Mar 2010 10:05 Ian Jackson wrote: > > I might be wrong but, in the UK, isn't illegal to park with your > headlights on? Or foglights, yes - although waiting / loading would not be parking. <http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_4.htm#(Tiii)27restrictionuselampotherthanthosewhichregulation24refer>
From: Nick Finnigan on 21 Mar 2010 10:11
Mortimer wrote: > "baggy1963" <stephenb91(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:b5559480-bcdc-4d0c-8d2b-27eea6cbd0f0(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... >> 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. > > Has that always been the rule? 'The rule' in the HC possibly, but not the law. I thought you were allowed to park on the > wrong side of the road at night (where not prohibited by yellow lines > etc) as long as you parked with your side lights on. You don't even need side lights on, provided the left or near side is as close as may be and parallel to the edge of the carriageway. 8 (b) of <http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_4.htm#(Tiii)24requirementaboutusefrontrearpositionlamprearregistrationplatelampsidemarkerlampendoutlinemarkerlamp> |