Loads of cars with no lights

munchkin_utd

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

But sure that's how EVERYTHING in this country is ran - the "ah shure it'll be grand" approach. Nothing ever gets done RIGHT. Is it any wonder the place is the mess it is

It is unbelievable how many bulbs were busted last winter and its probably the same muppets driving around now, just with the darkness its noticable that nobody bothers to replace their bulbs when they're busted.

The guards - who are do roadside stops on big ticket stuff like VRT/ Car Tax/ laundered diesel/ alcohol should pull the finger out and issue on the spot fines for people with what ARE dangerous vehicles. The routine check (at night) should include lights as much as all the documentation.
No wishy washy "it'll be grand" / get it fixed next week or other class of shíte.

Even in the film Pulp Fiction set in the USA - it comes up that if you are transporting a dead body in the boot you would want to have your lights in order to avoid getting pulled by the cops!!
So serious are faulty lights considered abroad that it enters modern culture that the police will almost definitely pull you for it . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmRTjLRMfU

In Ireland, the guards dont give a cr@p about faulty lights and everyone knows this.
Which is why nobody gives a cr@p - and the circle continues.

highdef

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Two dims went on my car over the summer, I had to go to dims when another car came against me, couldn't see a thing, scary as hell. They were both replaced first thing the next morning.

You say two dims went over the summer....do you mean that the two of them blew at some stage over the summer months or did they both blow in the space of a day or so.
It's just the way you word makes it sound like one bulb blew at one point in the summer and the other then blew later in the summer with the first bulb still not replaced.

Cantona's Collars

For all the cheapskates/eejits with blown bulbs- http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_15575.htm



Was driving behind a car the other night with one very dim back light and the same with his brake light (he only had one also) .He pulled into the petrol station beside me and was actually delighted when I pointed out all his blown bulbs.

The guards seem to ignore this problem of inadequate lights,how many people have ye heard of getting pulled in because of having missing lights?

TheUsual

sean1141 wrote: »

plus on a lot of cars its not just a matter of taking out a bulb and popping in a new one. some may need the headlight taken out and sometimes the bumper has to come off to do this

I call bullsh*t.

Maybe on some high performance yoke, but not on 99.99% of cars.

colm_mcm

TheUsual wrote: »

I call bullsh*t.

Maybe on some high performance yoke, but not on 99.99% of cars.

Nope, mainstream cars.

TheUsual

MugMugs wrote: »

If we all used LED's with the exception of Headlights this wouldn't be much of an issue.

I'm in the process of replacing every bulb on my rear cluster to LED's.

LED's won't help with bad wiring or a control switch fault.

johnos1984

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nope, mainstream cars.

Aye. My Passat requires a mirror and some flexible arms to change a headlight bulb. Side lights are through the wing liner only

HeidiHeidi

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nope, mainstream cars.

+1. Peugeot 307 - have to practically dismantle the headlight. I gave up trying years ago, the garage does it for a fiver for me now

Mint Sauce

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nope, mainstream cars.

Yep. Opel Corsa C (2000-2006 models), to change rear fog, means undoing one side of bumper, and small and felexable arms. Any of the other rear lights, undoing, removing, and disconecting the whole lighting cluster.

TheUsual

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

+1. Peugeot 307 - have to practically dismantle the headlight. I gave up trying years ago, the garage does it for a fiver for me now

Well you have the 0.01% of the pain in the ass car to fix, but try yourself a few times. Maybe you need a gararge, maybe not.

johnos1984 wrote: »

Aye. My Passat requires a mirror and some flexible arms to change a headlight bulb. Side lights are through the wing liner only

Practice make perfect, first time you try something takes ages then you get the hang of it.

irish-stew wrote: »

Yep. Opel Corsa C (2000-2006 models), to change rear fog, means undoing one side of bumper, and small and felexable arms. Any of the other rear lights, undoing, removing, and disconecting the whole lighting cluster.

Now Rear Fog lights are pretty unusual and not what we are talking about here.

johnos1984

TheUsual wrote: »

Practice make perfect, first time you try something takes ages then you get the hang of it.

Are you taking the piss here or what?

I can change them easily but it still requires a mirror to do it properly and it's still awkward enough to require you to flex your joints a good bit. I'd rather actually have the bulb in the holder and not just shoved into the lamp.

I can tell you haven't enjoyed the experience.

TheUsual

johnos1984 wrote: »

Are you taking the piss here or what?

I can change them easily but it still requires a mirror to do it properly and it's still awkward enough to require you to flex your joints a good bit. I'd rather actually have the bulb in the holder and not just shoved into the lamp.
I can tell you haven't enjoyed the experience.

Not taking the piss at all.
I own a motorbike and lose skin and blood on that bike changing things. My theory is that Japanese engineers have smaller knuckles/hands.

I have cursed and fought to work on that bike and that is my theory.

Anyways I find that practice will ease the pain and time.

Duiske

munchkin_utd wrote: »

It is unbelievable how many bulbs were busted last winter and its probably the same muppets driving around now, just with the darkness its noticable that nobody bothers to replace their bulbs when they're busted.

To be fair, i'm sure there are a few clowns who drive around with a blown bulb for months and couldn't be bothered to replace it, but i'd imagine its very few. Anyone who has noticed the seeming increase in cars with blown bulbs in the past couple of weeks may have noticed it coincided with the particularly wet spell a few weeks back. Keep an eye out on the nights following the next very wet spell (lots of standing water on the roads).
You will see a large number of one eyed monsters on the roads, and this number will taper off over the following week or 2 as drivers notice the problem and get replacement bulbs.

johnos1984

TheUsual wrote: »

I own a motorbike

And there in lies the problem.

:rolleyes:

TheUsual

johnos1984 wrote: »

And there in lies the problem.

:rolleyes:

And a car. But a bike teaches you way more than a car.
Trust me young jedi.

johnos1984

TheUsual wrote: »

And a car. But a bike teaches you way more than a car.
Trust me young jedi.

I'm sure it does.

Try strip a car and put it back together

A young buck like you has a lot to learn

TheUsual

johnos1984 wrote: »

I'm sure it does.
Try strip a car and put it back together
A young buck like you has a lot to learn

That's the drink talking.
Don't worry, I will tuck your girlfriend up in bed.

MugMugs

TheUsual wrote: »

MugMugs wrote: »

If we all used LED's with the exception of Headlights this wouldn't be much of an issue.

I'm in the process of replacing every bulb on my rear cluster to LED's.

LED's won't help with bad wiring or a control switch fault.

Are you taking the piss here? Rear lights won't help when you've no battery charge left...... what's your point ?

TestTransmission

TheUsual wrote: »

That's the drink talking.
Don't worry, I will tuck your girlfriend up in bed.

Don't post in this thread again

C4Kid

I passed a car last night with Dipped & fogs on, but only one of each was working.

His Right Dipped bulb was gone and his Left Foglight bulb was gone. The end result being he actually had a light on both sides but one was higher then the other :rolleyes:

johnos1984

I had a van pass me on the M50 last night with only the passenger side headlight working.

I thought it was a motor bike coming up behind me

V480

I've noticed this alot too, it wrecks my head! It seems to be common in alot of newer cars too. Can't understand why the Guards don't seem to think it's an issue.

The Guvnor

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I have notice a huge amount of veh-hic-els driving around lately with just one headlight working which is nuts.

Same here - very surprised to come up behind a car with no rear lights and just one offside front working!

When a cyclist has more lights than your car it's time to spring for some bulbs!:)

galwaytt

The Guvnor wrote: »

When a cyclist has more lights than your car it's time to spring for some bulbs!:)

I took up cycling in the last two weeks, and now I realise show bad it is.....and as for guys who wont dip their heads ....

One guy out locally has a 900 lumen headlight on his bicycle.... and it's blinding.....that needs a dip facillty, that does!!

Tea drinker

V480 wrote: »

I've noticed this alot too, it wrecks my head! It seems to be common in alot of newer cars too. Can't understand why the Guards don't seem to think it's an issue.

Because SPEED KILLS not bad headlights. But still I'd imagine the guards would give you a seeing to if got at a checkpoint, just no urgency otherwise.

Stark

Tea drinker wrote: »

Because SPEED KILLS not bad headlights.

:rolleyes:

Tropheus

Passed a guy driving on an unlit road last night. He had his parking lights on an fog lights. What a d*ck.

flyguy

Funny that, speed kills, I'm not disagreeing with you but I think if you focus on only that the road deaths in Ireland will stay as high as they are...
I'm not from Ireland (but from a country with much less road deaths) and must agree with many of the previous posters. The lighting on cars here is appalling and even some people posting in this topic don't seem to know exactly how it works.
In my opinion the "your grand" attitude is a big problem.
If your on the phone while driving you need to get a fine, not a warning (cause you'll just do it again, since you'll only get a warning next time)
If your lights aren't working you need to get pulled over, given the opportunity to fix it on the spot or get a fine...
Also drink driving is accepted more in Ireland than any other EU country (of course most don't accept it, but still more than elsewhere) don't take my word for it: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0721/1224275145675.html
Driving training? In Ireland? Just do away with the provisional license, it's a joke. You either have a full license or you don't drive. Who ever came up with the idea that someone with a full license was capable of teaching someone how to drive? (some can't drive that well themselves).
I don't think speeding is a big problem, I don't see that many people speeding which is surprising with so few speed cameras/checks (I must admit I only drive around Dublin so this may be a bigger problem elsewhere). The problems are roads with improper speed limits; 100kph on a country road, same as M50 really?!
The other problem are the state of the road surfaces, road markings, signage and road lighting (or the lack of). The design/layout of roads are sometimes surprising as well...
Now if everyone would drive with their lights on at least we can see each other and see where we're going, if anything it helps (a bit)...

Kintarō Hattori

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6tLR6UthAg

I recently got an in-car video for herself. We were heading out for a drive this afternoon when the camera was running and it caught this car in front of us turning right. Believe it or not but the indicator is actually on and indicating right.

We could only see it when we were passing the car out it was so faint. The right rear brake light didn't appear to be working properly either.

Mc Love

Anyone do the AA survey? There is a portion in it about replacing your bulbs.