"My extra lamp pods, that only come on when I'm on high beam, provide so much illumination they can hypnotise a fox at 200m!"
My dad had a Dodge Charger back in the '70s and early '80s. At some point, he replaced the high beam bulbs with aircraft landing lights. I doubt that even your SUV can beat that.
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I assume eventually he had to remove them as your increasing weight in the back seat caused the lights to angle ever skyward, to the point they became a danger to aircraft. . ?
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: No, that's the point of the dimmed (side) lights. The full (main) lights are solely for road illumination in really really really thick fog or whatever.
I don't think so. I've been told by proper driving instructors that side lights don't actually increase the distance you can be seen from to any apreciable level. In fact, he said that you should never use them. If it's dark enough to put lights on, put on your (dipped) headlights.
Lee's right though. Either dipped headlights are extremely bright now, or more and more people are driving with their full beam on. It's gotten to the point that I hate driving from Liverpool to London when it's dark out, as I end up getting extremely sore eyes from overbright headlights.
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Plus the danger that Lee might be on the road. I mean, we already know how erratically the elderly tend to drive. And it'll be even worse if he's driving toward you and his super headlights reflect off your hair and blind him.
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Part of the problem is with the increasing number of trucks and SUVs on the road. Low beams or no low beams, their headlights are at about the same level as a car's rear-view mirrors. As for the rice rockets and their Xenon headlights, I'm willing to bet they don't know how to properly adjust them, going by the shafts of light they project -- they're not pointed down far enough usually.
I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but the auxiliary lights alongside the main headlights are called "parking lights" here in the US. I know in California, at least, it's illegal to drive with just those on, day or night. Which is annoying to me, as I'd gotten in the habit of turning them on whenever I'm driving to act as running lights. Some cars have additional lights mounted on the front fenders that come on when you engage the turn signal to illuminate the direction you're turning.
And for God's sake, don't use your high beams in the fog. The brighter the light, the more it reflects off the fog and the less visibility you'll have. Duh. Best thing to have in that case is yellow fog/driving lights mounted below or in your front bumper.
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You must have popped out to the kitchen for a snack, and maybe missed a couple of pages of this discussion, Timothy. The point is, you DON'T drive towards incoming traffic with your headlights on full beam.
As for fog lights, they're pretty standard here. . . I think. All cars have to have at least one extra red light at the back - I'm not actually sure about at the front. But yeah, using your lights on full-beam in fog is a recipe for disaster.
Anyway, here, front fog lights are not standard equipment (at least not on the standard models) but usually only available as an extra or in combination with a (bi-)xenon-light package.
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And it'll be even worse if he's driving toward you and his super headlights reflect off your hair and blind him.
Liam's hair would fluoresce enough on its own to blind oncoming traffic for miles.
I've been told by proper driving instructors that side lights don't actually increase the distance you can be seen from to any apreciable level. In fact, he said that you should never use them. If it's dark enough to put lights on, put on your (dipped) headlights.
You have now spread fear, uncertainty and doubt throughout my system. Rarely, if ever, do I ignite my low or high main beams, and since I have never been pulled over for it, the side lights on my car are either bright enough to pass for mains or I'm at the center of a vast conspiracy. Ngh.
I'm not sure about the rest of the world, but the auxiliary lights alongside the main headlights are called "parking lights" here in the US.
Huh? Then what the heck are you supposed to use them for, maneuvering in dark garages?
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The problem with SUV's is that some of the current monsters are so high off the ground that their normal beams are right in your eyes anyway.
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quote:Originally posted by Cartman: You have now spread fear, uncertainty and doubt throughout my system. Rarely, if ever, do I ignite my low or high main beams, and since I have never been pulled over for it, the side lights on my car are either bright enough to pass for mains or I'm at the center of a vast conspiracy. Ngh.
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When you drive a vehicle only a little bit bigger than Stuart Little...who can tell the difference?
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That joke would work better if you hadn't repeated the word "little" twice in one sentence. Bad writing, boy. Bad writing.
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: And it'll be even worse if he's driving toward you and his super headlights reflect off your hair and blind him.
Liam's hair would fluoresce enough on its own to blind oncoming traffic for miles.
My hair isn't fluorescent, it's grungy/ greasy. Keep up. And remind me to find some better photos of myself the next time I want to engage in blatent egomania.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: My hair isn't fluorescent, it's grungy/ greasy. Keep up. And remind me to find some better photos of myself the next time I want to engage in blatent egomania. [/QB]
So is it Psyliam the "three headed monster" or "Village People 2004"?
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