Please excuse me while I rant......

Or when he winds his window down to question your tapping on said glass,give him an almighty blast with a klaxon!

Glad your ok mate,

If it's something your not the only one, going down the A509 this morning had a black HGV in a spot where there are no street lamps and believe it or not he had no lights on.

Mind you, there seems to be a crave of the ultra bright blue bulbs going on where I live, they seem to make night into day and blind the hell out of me.

Lesser of two evils, they either have no lights or so damm bright lights!

Cheers

Rich

Glad to hear you are ok and rant away!! I've also seen a lot of cars and bikes without lights on and its just unbelievable.

Last night seems to be the night for very very close near misses. I was stationary last night due to solid traffic and a scooter comes flying around the corner behind me and then suddenly realises there is stationary traffic and at the last minute dives around me practically hitting the car to my left. Two things that amazed me about this. When stationary I tend to keep an eye on my mirrors since I've been rear ended recently. The scooter didn't have any lights on, I only noticed it as something cut between the lights of the car behind. The second thing was that the dive to the left was so sharp that her leg came flying out from the scooter and I got a very clear look at the stiletto's she was wearing

Originally Posted by Kate

The scooter didn't have any lights on, I only noticed it as something cut between the lights of the car behind. The second thing was that the dive to the left was so sharp that her leg came flying out from the scooter and I got a very clear look at the stiletto's she was wearing

Van Dal or Gabor ?

The "stealth" effect seems to be in at the moment....

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[Viney]

Jelster jeslter jelster...Dont you know that the 'in' choice of footwaer for the dicerning female scooter rider is Jimmy Choo

Im going out on a limb here, but a majority of the people that i see (Now more often) without thier lights on are Women!!! On my car, the lights are always on...you cant turn them off....there isnt even a switch...well other than the ignition...Oh the joys of Volvo Tecnology

Lucky about the near escape Jellyman. Another mirror to add to the collection.

[Spiderman]

Sadly this lights issue seems to be more and more common.

In my area they all like to drive with just the side lights on. When i politely asked one of them why it was they told me that the street lights were bright enough to light the road and the only reason they put the lights on at all was to see their dashboard display.

Not for other motorists to be aware of them, oh no, just that old "i'm alright jack" attitude of looking after one self.
Pathtic innit.

Glad you didnt come off any worse jelster.

[Balky001]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Not for other motorists to be aware of them, oh no, just that old "i'm alright jack" attitude of looking after one self.
Pathtic innit.

Glad you didnt come off any worse jelster.

Some people should be taken outside and shot repeatedly until they learn some sense.

Well if it was a Chav in a Corsa I guess had the lights been on then he would have had the fogs on to blind you anyway. Sounds like one to avoid - just hope he checks his mirrors before he changes lane - oh, he can't hnow can he

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Balky001

Some people should be taken outside and shot repeatedly until they learn some sense.

Sadly the powers that be turn a blind eye to it around here. the unofficial comment being that "we would have to stop nearly every car if that was the case"

My attitude is "yes but thats your job, do it for one day and hopefully the word will spread that its an unacceptable practice that the cops will pull you for!" and the lazy gits will put them on properly.
If they keep turning a blind eye its as good as acceptance imo