Driving with no headlights on at night

ronbyrne2005

In my experience women tend to be more guilty by a significant degree of forgetting to turn their headlights on and driving around in dark. While out walking earlier I tried to indicate to a young lady that her headlights were'nt on by pointing to her headlights as she drove by. She didnt notice me and kept bombing up the busy Dublin road.
So people, in your experience, who are more likely to do this?

Biggins

If there had been an option, I would have option clicked on the drunks, the people on their phones, the drug fuelled dopes, the lazy.
Picking on people as just a gender, no, won't blame either side and thus I refuse to vote.

brianthebard

Personally I blame all driving related problems on the old and the dumb. There's a large crossover.

tony1kenobi

Stevie Wonder.

Wertz

Whatever about forgetting their lights, it's the silly c*nts that have their sides and fogs on and driving around urban areas that I reserve my hatred for...anyone can forget to click on their main/dips, especially at twilight, but these f*cking morons seem to think that all they need is the sides and fogs.
It's not gender dependent although anyone I noticed doing it in town this evening were women, mainly in mid size hatches (Golfs, A3s, Civics)...one nearly cleaned me out of it pulling out of a parallel parking space on the other side of the road into oncoming traffic (me).

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Drivers

tallaghtoutlaws

I would have said equal I saw two cars tonight both headlights off. One young girl and the other id say a man late 30's early 40's. When I flashed the girl with my headlights she must have coped it as they came on but the dude was oblivious probably asking himself why that clown was flashing him

Should be an option for equally as bad.

Dudess

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

In my experience women tend to be more guilty by a significant degree of forgetting to turn their headlights on and driving around in dark. While out walking earlier I tried to indicate to a young lady that her headlights were'nt on by pointing to her headlights as she drove by. She didnt notice me and kept bombing up the busy Dublin road.

Is your "experience" of it that one incident?

Where's the "careless people" poll option?

galwayrush

People with MO registered cars and tractors.:rolleyes:

seanybiker

Biggins wrote: »

If there had been an option, I would have option clicked on the drunks, the people on their phones, the drug fuelled dopes, the lazy.
Picking on people as just a gender, no, won't blame either side and thus I refuse to vote.

+1 on that.


Obviously the men are gonna say women and vice versa.
Stupidity isnt a gender based problem.

stovelid

Have done it once or twice when leaving shops at night. Sometimes you don't notice because of the streetlights. My excuse anyway.

brianthebard

I saw a red toyota van skid into the arse of a sam hire pick up tonight. Twas kind of funny, luckily they were taking a bend quite slowly when it happened and afaik the sam hire was empty. hit and run though.

Kiera

Yes women are crap drivers. Ban them all!!:rolleyes:

connundrum

I would have thought that driving around with headlights on wasn't to be advised? Driving with normal lights ftw, headlights when no one else is around.. thats what I was taught anyways.

Edit - or do folks now call headlights 'high beams'? Bleedin Americanisms.

seanybiker

There is no off for the lights on my bike so Im never gonna get caught for no lights. Its really handy.

Mossy Monk

I have seen plenty of both sexes over the years drive with no headlights.

4zn76tysfajdxp

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

In my experience women tend to be more guilty by a significant degree of forgetting to turn their headlights on and driving around in dark.

How the hell would you be able to tell the gender of a driver in another car travelling at upwards of 40mph in the opposite direction in the dark? I smell rabble-rousing shenanigans.

Victor

Jocelyn Muscular Wharf wrote: »

How the hell would you be able to tell the gender of a driver in another car travelling at upwards of 40mph in the opposite direction in the dark? I smell rabble-rousing shenanigans.

I've never made 40mph on foot.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Victor wrote: »

I've never made 40mph on foot.

Maybe you need new shoes?

tobytobe

It's the morons driving around with fogs lamps on all the time that really drive me mental. They seem to have no concept at all that it's actually a dangerous thing to do. I think some of them stupidly think that just because they might be on a particularly dark road it entitles them to blind all and sundry with their fogs lamps.

Quazzie

tobytobe wrote: »

It's the morons driving around with fogs lamps on all the time that really drive me mental. They seem to have no concept at all that it's actually a dangerous thing to do. I think some of them stupidly think that just because they might be on a particularly dark road it entitles them to blind all and sundry with their fogs lamps.

I always drive with fog lights. I'm a much worse driver when I can't see where I'm going. Does partial blindness make your driving better?

stovelid

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Does partial blindness make your driving better?

Being partially blinded by some dimwit with their fog lights on for no reason certainly makes my driving worse.

ronbyrne2005

Dudess wrote: »

Is your "experience" of it that one incident?

Where's the "careless people" poll option?

No dozens and dozens of incidents and women outnumber men in my experiences by 3-1. This is a poll of peoples experiences, anecdotal evidence, not scientific or anything so hold your horses Dude.

cormie

connundrum wrote: »

I would have thought that driving around with headlights on wasn't to be advised? Driving with normal lights ftw, headlights when no one else is around.. thats what I was taught anyways.

Edit - or do folks now call headlights 'high beams'? Bleedin Americanisms.

Normal lights are headlights full beams are for non lit up areas, side lights are pretty much pointless and parking lights are for parking leaving left/right on depending on which side is closer to the centre of the road.

In the past week alone I must have flashed at about 7 cars without their lights on, this week, it was more men :rolleyes:

I have a system, I flash full beams, then turn my headlights off to complete darkness for a second and straight back on, usually gets the message through. If somebody is driving with sidelights on in darkness, I wont flash full beams, but I'll flick from headlights to sidelights and back again, a lot of people with sidelights on in darkness wont know what you're doing so is futile, but is has worked before

P.C.

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

In my experience women tend to be more guilty by a significant degree of forgetting to turn their headlights on and driving around in dark. While out walking earlier I tried to indicate to a young lady that her headlights were'nt on by pointing to her headlights as she drove by. She didnt notice me and kept bombing up the busy Dublin road.
So people, in your experience, who are more likely to do this?

People who do not turn on their lights when it gets dark.

ejmaztec

Wot no farmers with burned out wicks on their 1938 tractors?

Photi

Not only at nighttime. People who don't switch on their lights in heavy rain or dark daytime conditions annoy me too.

dr.bollocko

Well excuse me all to hell for trying to lower my carbon footprint.

cormie

but if you have a crash and the car bursts into flames, your footprint will be kickin a hole through the atmosphere

Owenw

Not voting because I see idiots of both sexes doing stupid things everyday.

Often wondered is there a system of flashes which could be adopted to deal with these drivers?

e.g.

• 1x long flash for full beam headlights.
• 2x flashes for front/rear fog lights (when there is no fog).
• 3x flashes for broken bulb(s) (front or back).

and so on...

If the Traffic Corps pulled people over and dished out the odd fine and a warning the problem would quickly be resolved.
Maybe we should setup a Reserve Traffic Corps to deal with the minor traffic offences we see every day?

ejmaztec

Owenw wrote: »

Not voting because I see idiots of both sexes doing stupid things everyday.

Often wondered is there a system of flashes which could be adopted to deal with these drivers?

e.g.

• 1x long flash for full beam headlights.
• 2x flashes for front/rear fog lights (when there is no fog).
• 3x flashes for broken bulb(s) (front or back).

and so on...

If the Traffic Corps pulled people over and dished out the odd fine and a warning the problem would quickly be resolved.
Maybe we should setup a Reserve Traffic Corps to deal with the minor traffic offences we see every day?

What if they lose count of all the flashes, or don't see the first one? They won't know what's going on. What about "Flash" - "Hoot" - "Flash" - "Hoot"?

Owenw

well they could reply using another set of signals

eg:

• extending middle finger to say "missed signal, please repeat"
• wiggling their fist, meaning "message received and understood"
  

and as a final gesture of courtesy:

• flicking 2 fingers - "sorry for any inconvenience"

Kintarō Hattori

Where's the 'I don't care' option for those of us who don't drive? Hmmmnn?

stovelid

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Where's the 'I don't care' option for those of us who don't drive? Hmmmnn?

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Overheal

Stupid-Poll is Stupid.

challengemaster

How the hell can you not realise like..

Its dark (pitch black these days from 5pm onwards) - so unless you've spectacular eyesight..

entropi

I didnt bother voting, both genders are to blame, and those who do it are a$$clowns

MagicMarker

I never have my lights on, battery lasts longer and less witnesses when I hit the stupid fúcking cyclists.

tobytobe

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I always drive with fog lights. I'm a much worse driver when I can't see where I'm going. Does partial blindness make your driving better?

No, I believe your headlights are to combat not being able to see in the dark. Your full beams can be used as long as no car is coming towards you assuming you are also not one of those people who refuses to dim them when an oncoming car does appear. If you still suffer from partial blindness and cannot see when you have your lights on then you "should have gone to Specsavers". As far as I am aware, driving with fog lamps on when not necessary to do so, is an offence.

SV

tobytobe wrote: »

Your full beams can be used as long as no car is coming towards .

You shouldn't use them when you're behind another car either.

tobytobe

ClioV6 wrote: »

You shouldn't use them when you're behind another car either.

Oh Yeah, that too! thanks!

af_thefragile

But we have automatic headlamps now!!!

Quackles

I voted for the women, even though I don't think they'd be more likely, the idiotic should be up there as an option.

If you're wondering why I picked the women, it's because... I'm a woman, and I've been there, done that.... So the rest of you must pay the price for my idiocy. Firm believer of tarring all with the same brush and all that jazz.

Mark200

What's the difference between fog lights and full beams...? Or are they the same thing? Because in my car I have like....not-so-bring lights, brightish lights, and then the full beams

tobytobe

Mark200 wrote: »

What's the difference between fog lights and full beams...? Or are they the same thing? Because in my car I have like....not-so-bring lights, brightish lights, and then the full beams

You have headlights (the not so bright things!) which you can turn on full (full headlights/full beams - brightish lights!!) to assist visibility in darker conditions as long as it is safe and practicable to do so, and then you have a completely separate switch which operates your fog lamps.

Mark200

tobytobe wrote: »

You have headlights (the not so bright things!) which you can turn on full (full headlights/full beams - british lights!!) to assist visibility in darker conditions as long as it is safe and practicable to do so, and then you have a completely separate switch which operates your fog lamps.

Interesting...

arybvtcw0eolkf

cormie wrote: »

I have a system, I flash full beams, then turn my headlights off to complete darkness for a second and straight back on, usually gets the message through. If somebody is driving with sidelights on in darkness, I wont flash full beams, but I'll flick from headlights to sidelights and back again, a lot of people with sidelights on in darkness wont know what you're doing so is futile, but is has worked before

And women say men can't multi-task, that all sounds very complicated!.

Berty

I drive for a living so I see more drivers than most.

Women are most likely to drive using the wrong lights for the conditions or none at all. It is mostly old people and women as hard as that is to hear from some people.

Front fog lights - I use them on the country road to my village because the roads are so bad they light up the immediate road in front of me. Front fog lights are not blinding as they are low level. SUV fog lights, Nissan Micra/Almera for lights and Subaru Imprexa WRX are the only contentious fog lights in my opinion and are not too much of an issue because they are an added extra on most vehicles in this country so not many people have them against the amount of vehicles on the road. Yes, they are used as a fasion accessory also and are not "SPOTS" except in this case and others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BMW_E46_front_20080822.jpg

Rear fog lights are a pain in the neck. It is mostly women who do this also, sorry. It can be mostly ford drivers because of the system for activating the lighting system. People tend to just turn the dial all the way to the right basically turning on everything but the indicators. Some people do not use mirrors nor do they look at the dash, hence why women run out of petrol more than men. They therefore notice that the rear fog lights(usually amber light) is on.

Driving with full beams is a pain for me because some drivers do not drop their full beam in a fast enough time for me. Its not too much of an issue though as the others are.

Misalinged dipped beam headlights drive me insane and provide less light on the road for the driver. The reason for that is because they are pointing into my retinas so obviously are not pointing at the road. Idiots should not be allowed change their own bulbs. Problems, let Halfords or similar help you.

People driving at night with only their sidelights drives me insane. The problem is that because in urban areas headlights provide little road light anyway and it does not matter how many lights you have on the dashboard is lit up the same so people dont seem to be aware they have a badly illuminated car.

And how in gods name do people drive around with a missing headlight or completely messed up lighting?

javaboy

quirke_folder wrote: »

Some people do not use mirrors nor do they look at the dash, hence why women run out of petrol more than men.

Just have to disagree with a couple of things there. In my experience women tend to be far more scared of running out of petrol than men so they don't let it get even close to empty. And I find men are much worse for front fogs. I think a lot of them just see them as a fashion accessory.

/puts away brush

Berty

javaboy wrote: »

Just have to disagree with a couple of things there. In my experience women tend to be far more scared of running out of petrol than men so they don't let it get even close to empty. And I find men are much worse for front fogs. I think a lot of them just see them as a fashion accessory.

/puts away brush

You cannt disagree with me about the fog lights being used as a fashion accessory because I said in my post that some people use them in that fashion. Were both singing of the same hymn sheet there. Yes men use them more as a fashion accessory and if a man is buying a car he is more likely to want front fog lights whereas most women probably dont care less if the car has alloys, fogs, xenon etc etc

If women are so afraid of running out of petrol then why after I ran my own petrol station was it women who were mostly walking in buying Jerry cans and petrol. I would always drive them back to their cars to be helpful so in my experience it is women. Sorry thats not attempting to be sexist its just life.

chaotic_vr

Wertz wrote: »

Whatever about forgetting their lights, it's the silly c*nts that have their sides and fogs on and driving around urban areas that I reserve my hatred for...quote]

+1

It's guys in civics and glanza's racing around that i see do this where i live and it's annoying as f***. Occasionaly(sp) I forget to turn them on when i'm finished work and it's dark but I have them back on by the time i leave the car park. I've flashed people before to tell them their lights aren't on but all i got was a blow of the horn and their lights still not on.