"Motorbike light" cars

the_syco

You know the ones I'm on about: the cars with one light at the front working. From a distance, they look like motorbikes, but only when they come closer do you see that they're cars. Bloody annoying on country roads, and very bad if they decide to over take when coming against you, as you can't see that they're only cars.

And the worst part: they usually use full beams to compensate their lack of two lights :mad:

What do others think of these tards?

Plug

Hate it, just flash them and when they get a few flashes they think something is up and then they get there bulb replaced.
Another thing I hate is when people flash you for thinking your headlights are on and no they are not on and no I don't have my fogs on either and yes the lights are focused.
So I just turn my head lights on for a sec and then they get the picture!

sean1141

everytime i meet one light coming towards me i allow it it a car... 99% of the time it is!!
passed some aul one in a micra the other night doing about 60kph in a 100kph zone!! pulled in in front of her and she had only 1 diped light.. i wasnt 100 meters in front of her when she decieded to put back on the main beams!! stupid cow only had one of them either!

last winter i use to meet a car every morning with 1 light.. it was about 6 or 7 weeks beforethey got the bulb replaced....

Silvera

'Cyclops cars' are so dangerous.
If faulty car lights were an 'on the spot fine' type offence, it would cure the problem fairly quickly I reckon!

bladebrew

i have seen some odd combinations of lights as the evenings get darker, today i passed a mini with the right headlight gone and the left front fog gone, so it had one headlight on and one fog light:)

and it wasnt foggy:eek:

edit: i didnt mention the f word, dont want to tick off the mods:)

Plug

Silvera wrote: »

'Cyclops cars' are so dangerous.
If faulty car lights were an 'on the spot fine' type offence, it would cure the problem fairly quickly I reckon!

And what if you go down to the shop and pick up a few stuff and then your bulb blows on the way home? Then you get a fine and think damm I shouldn't have said that on boards:p

GalwayKiefer

bladebrew wrote: »

today i passed a mini with the right headlight gone and the left front fog gone, so it had one headlight on and one fog light

I saw that so many times last winter that I was sure it was some sort of new design for car headlights!

Plug

and driving with your fog lights in broad day light:mad:

PCPhoto

the_syco wrote: »

You know the ones I'm on about: the cars with one light at the front working. From a distance, they look like motorbikes, but only when they come closer do you see that they're cars. Bloody annoying on country roads, and very bad if they decide to over take when coming against you, as you can't see that they're only cars.

And the worst part: they usually use full beams to compensate their lack of two lights :mad:

What do others think of these tards?

shouldnt matter if its a car or a bike - if there is traffic coming against you you shouldnt overtake - unless its safe to do so ...always assume its going to be a car.

opinion guy

Silvera wrote: »

'Cyclops cars' are so dangerous.
If faulty car lights were an 'on the spot fine' type offence, it would cure the problem fairly quickly I reckon!

It is an offense.
Its point on your licence I think

Vertakill

This is a question in the theory test for your driving license.

Basically, never assume 1 light is 100% a motorbike and always leave enough space for it in the off chance that the 1 light vehicle turns out to be a car.

But yeah, even if you know all of that, it's still bloody annoying that someone would drive around like that... and you know well they're aware of it since it's pretty obvious when driving in the dead of night and only one half of your headlights are working.

the_syco wrote: »

And the worst part: they usually use full beams to compensate their lack of two lights :mad:

I think this is since only 1 light is working, that light gets more power or something and makes it much, much brighter which just makes it even worse because they're blinding you as well as not being properly lit.

Ghost Estate

The worst is when they realise one of their lights is ****ed, so they turn the one working light on full blast

-Corkie-

the_syco wrote: »

You know the ones I'm on about: the cars with one light at the front working. From a distance, they look like motorbikes, but only when they come closer do you see that they're cars. Bloody annoying on country roads, and very bad if they decide to over take when coming against you, as you can't see that they're only cars.

And the worst part: they usually use full beams to compensate their lack of two lights :mad:

What do others think of these tards?

If you think thats bad I met one on a narrow enough road this morning so I thought its a car with one headlight so I slowed down. When I was on top of him I realised it was a tipper truck. I had to ditch the car to avoid him. I wouldnt mind but he even had no parking lights on the roof so you would know its a lorry. I nearly sh1t myself...:(

galwaytt

...and, as someone who commutes by bike most days, and the days getting dark, I have to say I've noticed the amount of people who think actual bike, with single headlight, is a car, has become very noticeable.

Driving in the middle of my lane, and with one light, they think the 'rest' of my vehicle is over the white line, and nearly jump over the wall in case they get swiped !

shinikins

Plug wrote: »

And what if you go down to the shop and pick up a few stuff and then your bulb blows on the way home? Then you get a fine and think damm I shouldn't have said that on boards:p

I may be wrong, but are you not supposed to carry spare bulbs for that exact instance? I do, they're in the boot with my emergency kit, and spare fuse's. Never had to use them yet!

I don't understand how people can drive at night without noticing they're lights aren't quite right. It's one thing if you drive mainly on lit roads, but another if your on a back road, or country road where its literally pitch black!!

angelfire9

shinikins wrote: »

I may be wrong, but are you not supposed to carry spare bulbs for that exact instance? I do, they're in the boot with my emergency kit, and spare fuse's. Never had to use them yet!

Seriously?
All i have in my boot is a decent torch and a hi-vis jacket

SV

This is the case with my car and..until I can afford to go out and buy a whole new HID set and get it installed, then it won't be fixed. It isn't as simple for some as just replacing a bulb.



For the record..I care not.

Sids Not

SV wrote: »

This is the case with my car and..until I can afford to go out and buy a whole new HID set and get it installed, then it won't be fixed. It isn't as simple for some as just replacing a bulb.



For the record..I care not.

You're one of these people that dont NCT their car then....:mad:

kirving

If you can't afford to fix something as essential as a light, then you really should just have the normal ones in. It's unbelievably dangerous on dark roads.

Unless you've got your fog lights on to compensate. ;-)

Cuddlesworth

And on the other side of the fence. Stop flashing me on unlit country roads with full beams, I'm aware I only have one light. I also only have two wheels.

the_syco

PCPhoto wrote: »

shouldnt matter if its a car or a bike - if there is traffic coming against you you shouldnt overtake - unless its safe to do so ...always assume its going to be a car.

It's well and good to say that, but as I said, when they overtake, it's a different story

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

And on the other side of the fence. Stop flashing me on unlit country roads with full beams, I'm aware I only have one light. I also only have two wheels.

Well, one light is dangerous, but balancing on two wheels whilst driving a car is very very dangerous :pac: :rolleyes:

SV

Sids Not wrote: »

You're one of these people that dont NCT their car then....:mad:

No I'm not.

You would do well to never make assumptions based on little information.

Sids Not

SV wrote: »

No I'm not.

You would do well to never make assumptions based on little information.

Well i assumed that you dont care about yourself/family/other-roadusers enough to have your lethal weapon vehicle in a safe condition .. i apoligise then, but its my thinking that your headlights are a fairly important piece of safety equipment...would you drive your car if only the rear brakes were working..?.sorry, i'm guessing yes...:rolleyes:
This thread is about road safety and not if you can/cant afford to keep your car in a safe condition...its a poor excuse to choose not to....

opinion guy

SV wrote: »

This is the case with my car and..until I can afford to go out and buy a whole new HID set and get it installed, then it won't be fixed. It isn't as simple for some as just replacing a bulb.



For the record..I care not.

Tell that to the truck driver who plows into you some night :rolleyes:

Mech1

bladebrew wrote: »

i have seen some odd combinations of lights as the evenings get darker, today i passed a mini with the right headlight gone and the left front fog gone, so it had one headlight on and one fog light:)

and it wasnt foggy:eek:

edit: i didnt mention the f word, dont want to tick off the mods:)

This will get more and more common, cars are getting smarter, if a bulb blows the car turns on another source of light. its called substitute lighting.

G Luxel

One of my headlights blew (or maybe just the fuse) the other night, so until I can a replacement tomorrow, i just put the lights on full.......then turn the headlight adjuster on the dashboard to 5 and so far no opposite flashing lights,,,:)

zilog_jones

You think one headlight is bad? A couple of weeks ago I saw someone driving up the M20 with no rear lights at all :rolleyes:

The Nutty M

opinion guy wrote: »

Tell that to the truck driver who plows into you some night :rolleyes:

And why,may I be so ignorant as to ask,would it be a truck driver more likely to plough into him any more than any other road user?

And Cuddlesworth I couldn't agree more,the amount of idiots that flick on their full lights when you are within 20 feet of meeting them on the bike is unreal.While their intentions are good (I do do the same myself when I'm driving anything and meet car's with one light) it's like they are too stupid or blind to distinguish what they are meeting from 20ft away.

Another pet hate of mine is the clueless gombeens that park on the opposite side of the road with their dimmed lights on,blinding.A few times I've got out and had a word and they finally see the error of their ways.Parking lights are for that purpose ye eejits.:mad:
Originally Posted by Cuddlesworth
And on the other side of the fence. Stop flashing me on unlit country roads with full beams, I'm aware I only have one light. I also only have two wheels.

opinion guy

The Nutty M wrote: »

And why,may I be so ignorant as to ask,would it be a truck driver more likely to plough into him any more than any other road user?

Eh seriously ? Don't you get the point of this thread ? Car with one light looks like a bike. Bikes are narrow compared to car. Therefore niaive and aggressive drivers are more likely to do things like overtake thinking there is more room than there is. Therefore the odds of SV getting hit by a truck increase. Hence my wisecrack at his blind ignorance for his own and others safety

Sids Not

One thing i'm noticing here is the lack of peoples knowledge about something as simple as changing a fuse/bulb...its not rocket science...;)
In these days of tight purse strings it seems that the people who usually would drop into the garage and get it fixed are choosing to drive around putting lives at risk...

FWIW..Halfrauds will fit the bulbs/wipers etc for you...;)

Also, anyone here that also rides a bike will know just how nerveracking it is at night.."does he/she see me"...even if they do ,they'll still pull out.....so be prepared for this in your mono-headlighted cars....:o

Idleater

I had one of them full headlight compensator dudes blind me when I was cycling home on the backroads last week.

When finally the fecker did switch off his full beams, it was evident that my lights on the bike were better than the one working one on his car.

For the record I do run a set of 400 Lumen lights on the bicycle.

Voodoomelon

Its been suggested on here a few times that one some cars switch to high beam if one of the low beams blows, is this actually true? A ridiculous design feature if it is.

The Nutty M

opinion guy wrote: »

Eh seriously ? Don't you get the point of this thread ? Car with one light looks like a bike. Bikes are narrow compared to car. Therefore niaive and aggressive drivers are more likely to do things like overtake thinking there is more room than there is. Therefore the odds of SV getting hit by a truck increase. Hence my wisecrack at his blind ignorance for his own and others safety

It's like trying to pour water up a downpipe asking you a question so I'll leave it,it just doesn't work.:)

opinion guy

The Nutty M wrote: »

It's like trying to pour water up a downpipe asking you a question so I'll leave it,it just doesn't work.:)

I'm sorry what ? What is that supposed to mean ? If you can't make your point/ask your question in plain English then don't blame if you don't understand me answers. I'm not entirely sure what this post means but its feels a bit verbally abusive to me.

Having one headlight is dangerous cause you look like you are a bike. Bikes have a smaller width on the road than a car. Do you disagree with this ?

Thus other drivers will underestimate the size of your vehicle on the road. Do you disagree with this ?

Thus other drivers are more likely to run into you not knowing how big your car actually is. Do you disagree with this ?

If you don't disagree with any of these things then what exaclty is it you are trying to say ?

SV

The light is gone on the passenger side.

Disagree with what ya like. You'll still be wrong.
the one HID working putting out light is brighter than both normal halogens.

opinion guy

SV wrote: »

The light is gone on the passenger side.

Disagree with what ya like. You'll still be wrong.
the one HID working putting out light is brighter than both normal halogens.

Dude you justify this to yourself however you want. I'm not arguing with you. Its dangerous. Fix it. You're not going to convince me otherwise. But if you don't buy that- its illegal and you can get points. Fix it.

I am however trying to decipher what this other guy is actually saying.

SV

opinion guy wrote: »

Dude you justify this to yourself however you want. I'm not arguing with you. Its dangerous. Fix it. You're not going to convince me otherwise. But if you don't buy that- its illegal and you can get points. Fix it.

I am however trying to decipher what this other guy is actually saying.

You haven't given a single reason as to how it's dangerous.
All of your previous stated reasons would apply if the light was missing on the drivers side, however, it is not.

It being illegal may be the only thing that would get me to change it.
That and the NCT is coming up soon enough.

Sids Not wrote: »

Well i assumed that you dont care about yourself/family/other-roadusers enough to have your lethal weapon vehicle in a safe condition .. i apoligise then, but its my thinking that your headlights are a fairly important piece of safety equipment...would you drive your car if only the rear brakes were working..?.sorry, i'm guessing yes...:rolleyes:
This thread is about road safety and not if you can/cant afford to keep your car in a safe condition...its a poor excuse to choose not to....

As for you!
Oh it is in a safe condition, it is not in the condition it should be by the law, however, that does not make it any more dangerous.

Would I drive if only the rear brakes were working?
Well..no, I wouldn't be able to drive at night then would I? Nor would I be able to indicate.
You're silly, you'd really want to stop making mad assumptions.

It's a poor excuse to choose not to? What..that doesn't even make any sense.

shinikins

SV wrote: »

It being illegal may be the only thing that would get me to change it.

Oh it is in a safe condition, it is not in the condition it should be by the law, however, that does not make it any more dangerous.

I'm sorry, but you seem to be contradicting yourself here, you say that it being illegal is the only reason you would change your bulbs, and then say its in safe condition but not how it should be by law. Your car would not pass an NCT with only one working headlight, as it reduces your field of vision at night, so therefore its not safe. This makes it more dangerous to drive in dark conditions. Even without this aspect, for the sake of €10 in Halfords for a bulb, are you really going to risk getting penalty points, which will increse your insurance premium? They'll even fit it for you for €6.99 if not knowing how to do it yourself is whats stopping you!

Would I drive if only the rear brakes were working?
Well..no, I wouldn't be able to drive at night then would I? Nor would I be able to indicate.
You're silly, you'd really want to stop making mad assumptions.

Ahem, it seems you made an assumption here yourself, if your rear brake lights weren't working, then you shouldn't be driving at night, you shouldn't be driving at all actually. If your rear brakes weren't working then you have far more serious problems.

Again, for the sake of a tenner, stop risking being pulled by the Gardai, and annoying other road users! Simples!

hobochris

Even thought lights are something that should be checked weekly, Do most modern cars not have a warning on the drivers display console?

This situation is especially dangerous on country roads where lanes are not clearly defined and large vehicles are involved.

SV

shinikins wrote: »

I'm sorry, but you seem to be contradicting yourself here, you say that it being illegal is the only reason you would change your bulbs, and then say its in safe condition but not how it should be by law. Your car would not pass an NCT with only one working headlight, as it reduces your field of vision at night, so therefore its not safe. This makes it more dangerous to drive in dark conditions. Even without this aspect, for the sake of €10 in Halfords for a bulb, are you really going to risk getting penalty points, which will increse your insurance premium? They'll even fit it for you for €6.99 if not knowing how to do it yourself is whats stopping you!

Ahem, it seems you made an assumption here yourself, if your rear brake lights weren't working, then you shouldn't be driving at night, you shouldn't be driving at all actually. If your rear brakes weren't working then you have far more serious problems.

Again, for the sake of a tenner, stop risking being pulled by the Gardai, and annoying other road users! Simples!

Again, not the issue of a tenner like I've stated already.
My field of vision is actually just the same with one HID as it is with halogens both working so that argument is out the window.
and yeah I will risk penalty points.

Yes yes, rear brake lights not working. That's what I meant to say.
Though, actually..if my rear brakes weren't working at all I wouldn't have very serious problems either.

opinion guy

SV wrote: »

You haven't given a single reason as to how it's dangerous.
All of your previous stated reasons would apply if the light was missing on the drivers side, however, it is not.

It being illegal may be the only thing that would get me to change it.
That and the NCT is coming up soon enough.

Are you for real ? Are you actually trying to argue that this is safe ? Can you not possibly conceive of how this is dangerous ? You couldn't imagine that you might be travelling along on a country road and your ditch side visibility is reduced. You couldn't imagine that a pedestrian might be walking there wearing black clothes (as they tend to do). You can't see that that is hazardous ? You can't imagine that a car pullign out from your left might nose out a bit far thinking you are a bike travelling in the middle of the road ?

Seriously. If you actually think this is safe and are going to do nothing about it I hope you do get stopped and fined.

the_syco

SV wrote: »

Yes yes, rear brake lights not working. That's what I meant to say.
Though, actually..if my rear brakes weren't working at all I wouldn't have very serious problems either.

I would wonder who would be responsible, should you brake suddenly? The car behind would have no indication that you did so, and if on such a road as a motorway, they may drive through you.

SV

opinion guy wrote: »

Are you for real ? Are you actually trying to argue that this is safe ? Can you not possibly conceive of how this is dangerous ? You couldn't imagine that you might be travelling along on a country road and your ditch side visibility is reduced. You couldn't imagine that a pedestrian might be walking there wearing black clothes (as they tend to do). You can't see that that is hazardous ? You can't imagine that a car pullign out from your left might nose out a bit far thinking you are a bike travelling in the middle of the road ?

Seriously. If you actually think this is safe and are going to do nothing about it I hope you do get stopped and fined.

Am I trying to argue this is safe? Did you really just ask that question?
do you think I'm replying for the good of my health? (although there's questions to be asked about the health benefits of typing)

Ditch side visibility reduced, yes. Reduced to less than it would be with two normal halogens however, definitely not. So..you can forget that one.
They might do that, then again my passenger parking light works so they should be more than aware that there is a car there and it isn't in fact a bike.


and you may hope! It's about all you can do.

the_syco wrote: »

I would wonder who would be responsible, should you brake suddenly? The car behind would have no indication that you did so, and if on such a road as a motorway, they may drive through you.

I said I wouldn't drive without rear brake lights, I would drive without rear brakes however.

cian1500ww

Headlight bulbs gone are bad enough but I've seen cars driving with reversing lights on all the time and indicators that indicate in the opposite direction to the one the car's taking!!

-Corkie-

What sort of a person are you. I would love to tell you what I think of you but I havent got an infraction in ages so I wont. All I will say is you shouldnt be driving but locked up.:mad::mad:

SV

-Corkie- wrote: »

What sort of a person are you. I would love to tell you what I think of you but I havent got an infraction in ages so I wont. All I will say is you shouldnt be driving but locked up.:mad::mad:

I can only but assume this is aimed at me.
Unless of course you have a problem with people talking about bag wiring problems..that would be quite odd..so in light of that, I'll continue.


If you'd care to, I'd be more than willing to hear your grievances through private messages, I promise not to report
Otherwise, if you'd care to tell me what makes me such a bad person that I need locking up then please, proceed to.


If those options don't interest you, well..I suppose you could refrain from commenting at all in the future then couldn't you?

johnos1984

Do you want to know why its so dangerous SV.

I nearly got ****ing killed this evening outside Gorey because of some selfish self absorbed twat like yourself.

Only one headlight working, the drivers side, who decided it would be a good idea to overtake coming up to a turn. As I came around the bloody turn I meet one car on my right coming towards me and what appeared to be another ****ing car behind him only it wasn't it was the one eyed willy on my side.

It wasn't until the ****er flashed me to get the hell out of his way that I realised what was about to happen. End result I swerve and so does the car he was overtaking.

SV you know the bulb is blown get it fixed ya TIGHT GIT

MODS sorry about the foul mouthed rant but seriously had the crap scared out of me by someone who has a similar irresponsible attitude as SV.

opinion guy

-Corkie- wrote: »

What sort of a person are you. I would love to tell you what I think of you but I havent got an infraction in ages so I wont. All I will say is you shouldnt be driving but locked up.:mad::mad:

My sentiments exactly. I've been exercising self control.

SV

johnos1984 wrote: »

Do you want to know why its so dangerous SV.

I nearly got ****ing killed this evening outside Gorey because of some selfish self absorbed twat like yourself.

Only one headlight working, the drivers side, who decided it would be a good idea to overtake coming up to a turn. As I came around the bloody turn I meet one car on my right coming towards me and what appeared to be another ****ing car behind him only it wasn't it was the one eyed willy on my side.

It wasn't until the ****er flashed me to get the hell out of his way that I realised what was about to happen. End result I swerve and so does the car he was overtaking.

SV you know the bulb is blown get it fixed ya TIGHT GIT

MODS sorry about the foul mouthed rant but seriously had the crap scared out of me by someone who has a similar irresponsible attitude as SV.

Ah right, so you nearly got killed by someone overtaking dangerously.
You didn't think too much about that one did you?


Tight git? Oh..well, surely.
I don't really care enough though, if I'm honest?

twowheelsonly

SV wrote: »

This is the case with my car and..until I can afford to go out and buy a whole new HID set and get it installed, then it won't be fixed. It isn't as simple for some as just replacing a bulb.



For the record..I care not.

If you can't afford to run your car then you shouldn't be driving.

Will you not care if a child crossing the road also assumes that it's a bike (Most likely you won't see them until it's too late)

Given your attitude, I assume not.

SV

twowheelsonly wrote: »

If you can't afford to run your car then you shouldn't be driving.

Will you not care if a child crossing the road also assumes that it's a bike (Most likely you won't see them until it's too late)

Given your attitude, I assume not.

I can afford to run the car. I can't be bothered to spend the money on HIDs when nothing is being compromised( in comparison to regular headlights)

Why would I most likely not see the child until it's too late?
Why wouldn't I care about that? You're another one liking to make wild assumptions.