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From: Oily on 9 Nov 2009 06:25 <A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk> wrote in message news:hd8obl$2se$1(a)south.jnrs.ja.net... > Thus spake Ned Ludd (callinicus1953(a)yahoo.co.uk) unto the assembled multitudes: > > > Might it not be a good idea to have a petition to change the law such > > that all fog lights are automatically reset to off, when headlights or > > ignition are turned off. This would at least stop the useless toss- > > pots driving with the wretched things on and not know how to turn them > > off. > > It would also be nice for automatics to cancel their brake lights > automatically a few seconds after coming to a stop, for those toss-pots who > insist on sitting with their foot on the brake pedal instead of engaging > Park. Many's the time I've sat behind a f***ing great big X3 with LED brake > lights laser-etching my retina in the dark at a traffic light or in a traffic > jam. > > Andy Clews I don't bother normally but if it's really annoyingly bright I just put the main beam on and sit there just the same, after a few seconds they usually get the message. I do make a point of using the handbrake if there's someone behind though.
From: TOG on 10 Nov 2009 06:42 On 5 Nov, 17:52, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESU...(a)ddol- las.net> wrote: > being hacked off with the number of clueless wankers with foglights on in > the dark and rain, making extra glare which is no earthly use to anyone, I > did this: > > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/foglamps/ > > Won't do any good, of course. But feel free to sign it anyway. It's not that which worries me so much: it's the twonks driving around with no lights on at all. I saw three, yes three, separate such idiots on my way home last night. I think part of the problem is that so many cars have illuminated dials now whether the lghts are on or off, and so people just think their headlights are on and drive away.
From: Oily on 10 Nov 2009 07:13 "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:91a7df0a-1691-4ed0-b811-b1101702f80c(a)f16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On 5 Nov, 17:52, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESU...(a)ddol- las.net> wrote: > being hacked off with the number of clueless wankers with foglights on in > the dark and rain, making extra glare which is no earthly use to anyone, I > did this: > > http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/foglamps/ > > Won't do any good, of course. But feel free to sign it anyway. It's not that which worries me so much: it's the twonks driving around with no lights on at all. I saw three, yes three, separate such idiots on my way home last night. I think part of the problem is that so many cars have illuminated dials now whether the lghts are on or off, and so people just think their headlights are on and drive away. I've not come across any like that but then I don't drive anything modern, if so they should be the subjects of a factory recall to rectify a potential hazard.
From: platypus on 10 Nov 2009 09:13 A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote: > Thus spake Ned Ludd (callinicus1953(a)yahoo.co.uk) unto the assembled > multitudes: > >> Wouldn't it be nice if tin box drivers had to learn roadcraft on a >> motorbike first, > > I feel really quite grateful that I rode bikes for 10 years before I > learned to drive a car. Bike experience really does make you a > better car driver. All this is undermined by the reality that is the London taxi driver.
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