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From: Ace on 17 Nov 2009 14:55 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:57:16 -0000, "Oily" <martinhill100(a)nospambtconnect.com> wrote: > >"Krusty" bleated............ > >> Oily wrote:> >> > It's just another form >> > of insurance against getting tail ended in fog. >> >> If I felt I needed insurance for that, my safety gene would never let >> me ride a bike. > >I don't remember worrying about a 'safety gene' when riding a bike. http://www.dragginjeans.net/
From: kenney on 17 Nov 2009 15:12 In article <hdu24o$v43$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid (Krusty) wrote: > So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded > paranoia. Daylight fog on UK motorways with a white car and you find that most tail lights are less visible than the vehicle. It's even worse in spray. Ken Young
From: Ace on 17 Nov 2009 16:30 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:23 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >kenney(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > >> In article <hdu24o$v43$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid (Krusty) wrote: >> >> > So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded >> > paranoia. >> >> Daylight fog on UK motorways with a white car and you find that most >> tail lights are less visible than the vehicle. It's even worse in >> spray. > >How many times have you crashed into the back of a car because you >didn't see it? Didn't see how close it was and the fact that it was slowing down in heavy fog? Once. Well, it was a lorry, actually. And some many years ago. No rear window brake light repeaters. FWIW I use my rear foglight in reduced visibility, whatever the cause, but always turn it off when there's a car behind me. So it's only on to guard against something not seeing me from some distance until it's too late to spot if I need to brake hard.
From: Pete Fisher on 17 Nov 2009 16:36 In communiqu� <hdv3t3$act$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >kenney(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > >> In article <hdu24o$v43$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid (Krusty) wrote: >> >> > So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded >> > paranoia. >> >> Daylight fog on UK motorways with a white car and you find that most >> tail lights are less visible than the vehicle. It's even worse in >> spray. > >How many times have you crashed into the back of a car because you >didn't see it? > Never. Forty years since the great "motorway madness" Thelwall Viaduct fog pile up. Though of course that's all lit up now. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: Pip Luscher on 17 Nov 2009 17:12
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:01:59 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >Good point. It was definitely a badger then. > >Or possible a nun. > >It might have been a nun. > >>Next time, just step sideways smartish. > >Oh, that's easy to say, isn't it? In the heat of the moment, much more >difficult. > >Especially is it's foggy. So... nuns fired from a trebuchet should carry foglamps? -- -Pip |