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Can't Understand These Drivers In The Snow.
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Watching news this morning about the unfortunate motorists trapped overnight in the snow.
As a HGV driver there is something I will never understand. Always when trapped motorists are shown on tv most have their headlights on. Surely the most important thing in this situation is to save your battery for when you need to move again.
Also there was a newscaster on a bridge over the motorway in the middle of a blizzard this morning. I counted 27 cars pass under the bridge. Not one car had lights on!
Common sense would tell you that is high risk driving. You need to be seen!
As a HGV driver there is something I will never understand. Always when trapped motorists are shown on tv most have their headlights on. Surely the most important thing in this situation is to save your battery for when you need to move again.
Also there was a newscaster on a bridge over the motorway in the middle of a blizzard this morning. I counted 27 cars pass under the bridge. Not one car had lights on!
Common sense would tell you that is high risk driving. You need to be seen!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Needawin, I thought just the same, especially the loads of people trapped for hours and overnight on Bodmin Moor. It's not like it wasn't forecast and that kind of area is notorious when it's snowing. I just don't understand why they made the journey, the snow that fell in Dorset yesterday started within 15 minutes of the exact time it was forecast - and had been warned of for at least 24 hours.
It's mental.. I rove a fair distance today and through 50 zones and congestion zones people swerving in and out of lanes, in cold wet conditions to try and join the lane that appears to be flowing quickest at that precise second, then switchign again when the other lane moves... It's futile. If everyone stayed in lane and left room it'd all flow.
Don't get me started on middle laners...
You can't have any faith in anyone else on the road. Assume everyone is a total idiot.
Don't get me started on middle laners...
You can't have any faith in anyone else on the road. Assume everyone is a total idiot.
Unless the Road Vehicle LightingnRegs have changed since I was a young Black Rat it had to be minimum of dipped main beam in adverse visibility. Side lights (Parking lights) and daylight running lights were not enough. I am not sure if rear lights are illuminated in anycase when front DLR lights are on.
I don't know of any cars whose tail lights come on with the DLRs.
The fog lights on my Volvo (and my previous one) go off when either the lights or ignition are turned off and have to be turned on again if you restart your foggy journey. Why can't all cars work this way; it's not uncommon to see fog lights on days after it's been foggy.
The fog lights on my Volvo (and my previous one) go off when either the lights or ignition are turned off and have to be turned on again if you restart your foggy journey. Why can't all cars work this way; it's not uncommon to see fog lights on days after it's been foggy.
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