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From: Ian Jackson on 21 Mar 2010 10:14 In message <ho593l$pcb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Nick Finnigan <nix(a)genie.co.uk> writes >Ian Jackson wrote: >> I might be wrong but, in the UK, isn't illegal to park with your >>headlights on? > > Or foglights, yes - although waiting / loading would not be parking. ><http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_4.htm#(Tiii)27restric >tionuselampotherthanthosewhichregulation24refer> Ummm... Interesting. I wasn't wrong after all! -- Ian
From: Bod on 21 Mar 2010 10:57 On 21/03/2010 13:52, Mr. Benn wrote: > "Dave Plowman"<dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message > news:50fb6a19eedave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >> In article<80m8ghFogkU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> On 21/03/2010 09:48, Dave Plowman wrote: >>>> In article<ho3ii2$bau$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> Mortimer<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>>> "Vicko Zoomba"<vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:2e043f98-ff5e-43d4-bb72-e56eca18cee1(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> It just shows how inconsiderate modern drivers are. Especially when >>>>>> it >>>>>> comes to waiting behind a car sitting in traffic lights with the >>>>>> morons foot on the brake. The blinding light from a large LED light + >>>>>> 2 brake lights is incredible but these retards dont think of the >>>>>> person behind them. >>>> >>>>> It's often someone in an automatic car who does it in preference to >>>>> putting the car into neutral and applying the handbrake. >>>> >>>> Are all cars autos, then? 99% have their brake lights on when stopped >>>> at >>>> lights, etc. >>>> >>> > >> >>> The lights don't bother me. Maybe some people have more sensitive eyes? >> >> >> Don't bother me much either. > > Unlike you and Bod, they do bother me so please show some consideration for > the drivers who are bothered. > > I already do, unless I'm only stopped for seconds.
From: Tony Dragon on 21 Mar 2010 11:47 Gio wrote: > "Tony Dragon" <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:5bmdnTMUdvqyazjWnZ2dnUVZ8spi4p2d(a)bt.com... >> Gio wrote: >>> "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:50fb6a19eedave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >>>> In article <80m8ghFogkU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>>> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> On 21/03/2010 09:48, Dave Plowman wrote: >>>>>> In article<ho3ii2$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. > > So if I am driving down a straight road & get blinded by a high beam from a motorbike, & that causes an accident, it wouldn't be partly the fault of the person using high beam at an inappropriate time? What you would do well to remember is that it could be you that is hit because of your actions. -- Tony Dragon
From: Tony Dragon on 21 Mar 2010 11:48 Mr. Benn 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. > > Unlike you and Bod, they do bother me so please show some consideration for > the drivers who are bothered. > > I tend to keep my brake light on until a vehicle pulls up behind me, then I release the foot brake to stop blinding them. -- Tony Dragon
From: Mr. Benn on 21 Mar 2010 12:37
"Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:80mqekFv08U1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 21/03/2010 13:52, Mr. Benn wrote: >>>> 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. >> >> > > I already do, unless I'm only stopped for seconds. How many seconds? 2 or 60? |