One light idiots

corks finest

Anyone notice the amount of Langer's driving with one light,or as bad the complete morons who continually have their fog lights on,and the fools with phone S up to their ears,especially bad where I live in carrigaline, Cork,really think Gardai need to get their fingers out,driving standards in Cork must be the worst in the country, or if this is the norm,we're in bad trouble

osheen

Pretty much the norm everywhere . Bluetooth earpiece can be bought in most garages for a tenner . Aldi and lidl have bluetooth stereos for 50 or 60 quid and most newer cars have blutooth connection as standard sono excuse for it .
Lights I blame on the car makers though as in many vehicles its next to impossible to replace a bulb in daytime never mind on a wet night

Atlantic Dawn

I blame the NCT, it's a money racket...

dar83

I blame the government!


And Irish water!

BMJD

I blame the refugees!

savagethegoat

DRLs are the latest problem....the fog lights of the current era....only a matter of time before we can't talk about them..

seriously, how hard is to understand that when it isn't Daylight, you need dipped beams....the clue is in the name folks..

MarkR

Thanks Obama.

240 Robert

corks finest wrote: »

Anyone notice the amount of Langer's driving with one light,or as bad the complete morons who continually have their fog lights on,and the fools with phone S up to their ears,especially bad where I live in carrigaline, Cork,really think Gardai need to get their fingers out,driving standards in Cork must be the worst in the country, or if this is the norm,we're in bad trouble

Totally agree, unfortunately it is all too common everywhere, sometimes people do not realize they have only one headlight (have even met garda patrol cars driving around with 1 head light) so dangerous.They may all seem like minor infringements but someone is going to be killed or badly injured (if not already) unless something is done.

looksee

I went for an NCT, all my lights were fine as I checked them, got to the NCT and one of my rear lights was gone.

Maybe eventually someone will invent a way of knowing from inside the car that a light is gone.

And the last time I got one of my headlight bulbs replaced (well the first time in fact, in a 7 year old car) I had to take it to my garage and the mechanic had to half dismantle the car* to get at it. Its as much a design issue as a problem with drivers.

*Yes I am exaggerating, but I could not have done it myself.

JPF82

Don't most cars now tell the driver that there is a bulb gone. I have a 2003 Saab which does this. And previous cars I have had (both older and newer) did so too.

I know on my old Golf GTI that there would be a bong sound when I turned the car on, a message saying something like "left dipped beam failure" and a yellow warning light that was hard to ignore.

I agree with the bulbs being hard to replace though. Why put the battery about an inch behind where the back of the light is?! Makes changing bulbs a very slow job.

bladespin

Worse even, no back lights on a motorway, particularly delightful in heavy rain or fog.

savagethegoat

bladespin wrote: »

Worse even, no back lights on a motorway, particularly delightful in heavy rain or fog.

that's probably the DRL problem....

CJhaughey

bladespin wrote: »

Worse even, no back lights on a motorway, particularly delightful in heavy rain or fog.

Seen a few like that, no rear taillights and only one brake light working.
It all comes down to enforcement.
Roadside stops by the RSA and Gardai to check and ticket car owners should be done, only need one or two garda and the RSA staff to check.
Unfortunately it doesn't make the Govt much money, certainly not as much as checking for Tax and Insurance so they don't prioritise it.
Its all down to political will and incompetence much like every other thing in this land.

bladespin

savagethegoat wrote:

that's probably the DRL problem....

None of the cars I've seen would be fitted with them; 02 306 van yesterday.

corks finest

dar83 wrote: »

I blame the government!


And Irish water!

Why not

corks finest

BMJD wrote: »

I blame the refugees!

Only the refugees with fog lights on,phone to ear,

corks finest

240 Robert wrote: »

Totally agree, unfortunately it is all too common everywhere, sometimes people do not realize they have only one headlight (have even met garda patrol cars driving around with 1 head light) so dangerous.They may all seem like minor infringements but someone is going to be killed or badly injured (if not already) unless something is done.

Agree totally

corks finest

looksee wrote: »

I went for an NCT, all my lights were fine as I checked them, got to the NCT and one of my rear lights was gone.

Maybe eventually someone will invent a way of knowing from inside the car that a light is gone.

And the last time I got one of my headlight bulbs replaced (well the first time in fact, in a 7 year old car) I had to take it to my garage and the mechanic had to half dismantle the car* to get at it. Its as much a design issue as a problem with drivers.

*Yes I am exaggerating, but I could not have done it myself.

Up to each driver to check,its not rocket science

Seweryn

JPF82 wrote: »

Don't most cars now tell the driver that there is a bulb gone. I have a 2003 Saab which does this. And previous cars I have had (both older and newer) did so too.

It depends on the car. My 25-year old car I used to drive did have a warning light for faulty bulbs.

Boskowski

What amazes me is the amount of people who are obviously on the phone a lot and yet wouldn't bother with a handsfree. If you're driving a white van having the phone glued to your ear seems almost mandatory. :pac:
Genuine question to all those van drivers, cabbies, traders etc. Is it just very unpractical, or is it the money or just couldn't be bothered?

Seweryn

Boskowski wrote: »

Genuine question to all those van drivers, cabbies, traders etc. Is it just very unpractical, or is it the money or just couldn't be bothered?

I guess the last option...

emeldc

Seweryn wrote: »

I guess the last option...

Yep, even my 18 year old vanette has blue tooth radio. No excuse.
I know a guy who has 8 points for being on the phone. He drives an 11 citroen with bluetooth. He told me he must figure out how to work it

cerastes

JPF82 wrote: »

Don't most cars now tell the driver that there is a bulb gone. I have a 2003 Saab which does this. And previous cars I have had (both older and newer) did so too.

I know on my old Golf GTI that there would be a bong sound when I turned the car on, a message saying something like "left dipped beam failure" and a yellow warning light that was hard to ignore.

I agree with the bulbs being hard to replace though. Why put the battery about an inch behind where the back of the light is?! Makes changing bulbs a very slow job.

Im sure Ive read worse, where it actually requires a main dealer technician to carry out some kind of reset after fitting a bulb? I thought it sounded outlandish, but who knows, I have it in my head bmw or audi?
Basically they could design this out, but choose not to so you can visit the dealer more often, where they will no doubt find other problems.
Bulb changes should not require dismantling or removal of other parts of the car, it should be seen (should be governed by some regulation related to safety) as something that can be done in a short time without special tools.

Reminds me of cars I read of ( I beleive also an audi and years ago a mitsubishi) that you couldn't drain/top up/check your own oil??
At the very least basic checks and maintenance should be accessible (and known by) a driver.

colm_mcm

I think that was the Audi A2. it had a service hatch in the grille for oil and screenwash.
' t was reported at he time that the bonnet couldn't be opened, but that wasn't true, you have to unbolt it to open.

Jesus.

corks finest wrote: »

Anyone notice the amount of Langer's driving with one light,or as bad the complete morons who continually have their fog lights on,and the fools with phone S up to their ears,especially bad where I live in carrigaline, Cork,really think Gardai need to get their fingers out,driving standards in Cork must be the worst in the country, or if this is the norm,we're in bad trouble

Those two issues are not actually that serious. There's far worse that are a real danger going on all the time. Particularly tailgating and guy's in a mad crazy rush, darting all over the fecking place like men possessed.

emeldc

Jesus. wrote: »

Those two issues are not actually that serious. There's far worse that are a real danger going on all the time. Particularly tailgating and guy's in a mad crazy rush, darting all over the fecking place like men possessed.

Yeah, and usually with only one fuggin' headlight.

Jesus.

240 Robert wrote: »

Totally agree, unfortunately it is all too common everywhere, sometimes people do not realize they have only one headlight (have even met garda patrol cars driving around with 1 head light) so dangerous.They may all seem like minor infringements but someone is going to be killed or badly injured (if not already) unless something is done.

I don't think so tbh. If a car has one working light you're still going to see it. Okay on dark rural roads you might think its a Motorbike coming from a distance but you'll still see him.

Its the dangerous driving that kills people. Blokes thinking they're Ayrton Senna. But as the guy above says, some of these of lads also only have one light

kirving

Had a van literally about 2M away from my bumper at 120kph as was part of a line of cars overtaking a slower truck yesterday. Flashing his one headlight over and over.

I got out of the way as soon as I could, and then he was up behind the next car. Turns out it was a private ambulance who then proceeded to undertake and tailgate. I know his blue lights were working since i saw him flash them at the toll beforehand.

I saw the name on the side, and gave them a call to complain. Never done that before but felt like I had to. To be fair the owner of the company called me back and said he'd look into it. Was very nice and apologetic on the phone. Can't ask for more than that really.

Asmooh

I noticed that people dont seem to care about their car, driving with one light, cars making weird noises..

Jesus.

Asmooh wrote: »

I noticed that people dont seem to care about their car, driving with one light, cars making weird noises..

For most people cars are nothing more than a means of getting from A to B. They're not bothered about them. That's fair enough.

But they should have their fecking lights in working order

Cabaal

dar83 wrote: »

I blame the government!


And Irish water!

You're not even close!!!


Its all down to....




On a more serious note, the NCT is likely the only reason for many idiots to fix their lights.
Personally I don't get driving around with one light, its a pain in the arse to see the road.

Anytime one of my lights have gone I've had it fixed within a day.

SBPhoto

I have to agree on the faulty lights issue, seems really bad at present. i travelled to Waterford from Dungarvan last week at 5.30pm and in the 30min journey i counted 22 cars or vans with faulty lights, the two worst ones were a Large van with no taillights whats so ever and one car with just one spotlight working under the bumper, no other lights on the front. most faults was just one headlight working.

Jesus.

SBPhoto wrote: »

no taillights whats so ever.

Now that is genuinely dangerous on a dark road. Not as dangerous though as brake lights not working in the dead of night

Daaryl

Don't forget the idiots who drive around in heavy rain or fog with no lights on!!

corks finest

Jesus. wrote: »

Those two issues are not actually that serious. There's far worse that are a real danger going on all the time. Particularly tailgating and guy's in a mad crazy rush, darting all over the fecking place like men possessed.

You're right, but as I do a lot of driving in the dark(kids school 13/14 miles away,so up early)its sore on the eyes,fog lights,and full ones ,esp when some clown is tailgating

corks finest

SBPhoto wrote: »

I have to agree on the faulty lights issue, seems really bad at present. i travelled to Waterford from Dungarvan last week at 5.30pm and in the 30min journey i counted 22 cars or vans with faulty lights, the two worst ones were a Large van with no taillights whats so ever and one car with just one spotlight working under the bumper, no other lights on the front. most faults was just one headlight working.

Bang on,last Monday, country back road Carrigsline to bishops town,via ballygarvan,airport, I came across 4 cars,one truck,with one light,on small,narrow,v windy hilly road,on a 25 minute journey,its not good enough

corks finest

CJhaughey wrote: »

Seen a few like that, no rear taillights and only one brake light working.
It all comes down to enforcement.
Roadside stops by the RSA and Gardai to check and ticket car owners should be done, only need one or two garda and the RSA staff to check.
Unfortunately it doesn't make the Govt much money, certainly not as much as checking for Tax and Insurance so they don't prioritise it.
Its all down to political will and incompetence much like every other thing in this land.

I agree 100% with you

jca

looksee wrote: »

I went for an NCT, all my lights were fine as I checked them, got to the NCT and one of my rear lights was gone.

Maybe eventually someone will invent a way of knowing from inside the car that a light is gone.

And the last time I got one of my headlight bulbs replaced (well the first time in fact, in a 7 year old car) I had to take it to my garage and the mechanic had to half dismantle the car* to get at it. Its as much a design issue as a problem with drivers.

*Yes I am exaggerating, but I could not have done it myself.

My car tells me if there's a light out (09 Octavia )

newcavanman

looksee wrote: »

I went for an NCT, all my lights were fine as I checked them, got to the NCT and one of my rear lights was gone.

Maybe eventually someone will invent a way of knowing from inside the car that a light is gone.

And the last time I got one of my headlight bulbs replaced (well the first time in fact, in a 7 year old car) I had to take it to my garage and the mechanic had to half dismantle the car* to get at it. Its as much a design issue as a problem with drivers.

*Yes I am exaggerating, but I could not have done it myself.

are you missing the point? If you can aford to drive a car, then you can afford to have the lights working. If not, get off the road. I dont want to be in an accident because some clown has only one headlight. Its criminal behaviour, just as bad as the gob****es on bicycles with no lights. I live out in the countryside and it is scary how many One Eyed Jacks there are. It would be so easy for the Gardai to blitz them if they were bothered. Maybe its easier for some assistant commisioner or superintendent to pose for the cameras on the side of a dual carriageway with a dozen lads from the traffic Corp strutting around. Always looks well, when answering stupid questions on the 6 o'clock news
Doesnt actually do anything about the problem, but allows these guys to justify their inflated wages

Jesus.

Oh stop being such a drama Queen Cavanman. What Looksee said was very reasonable

cerastes

Jesus. wrote: »

I don't think so tbh. If a car has one working light you're still going to see it. Okay on dark rural roads you might think its a Motorbike coming from a distance but you'll still see him.
Its the dangerous driving that kills people. Blokes thinking they're Ayrton Senna. But as the guy above says, some of these of lads also only have one light

One light, can still mean the driver cant see a pedestrian, misidentifying a car for a motorbike doesnt nulify the fact drivers should have functional lights.
tbh it creates a hazardous situation by creating a situation where someone thinks they are being approached by a motorbike and thinks they have more room then they have or make it unclear where the centre of that drivers lane is.
In cases like this, you can see where people know about the non functional lights, compensating by either using their headlight beams or even foglights in lieu, which only worsens the situation, by all means as a temporary measure if on the move, but people should have some spare bulbs in the car.

Tbh, you could get away with driving without even dipped lights on lit up roads at night/in the dark (not that Id recommend it), many seem to do it anyway without even turning a single light on.
It's on unlit sections or twisting roads that it makes the difference more significantly worse and could cause confusion/distraction for an oncoming driver to an oncoming driver.

corks finest

cerastes wrote: »

One light, can still mean the driver cant see a pedestrian, misidentifying a car for a motorbike doesnt nulify the fact drivers should have functional lights.
tbh it creates a hazardous situation by creating a situation where someone thinks they are being approached by a motorbike and thinks they have more room then they have or make it unclear where the centre of that drivers lane is.
In cases like this, you can see where people know about the non functional lights, compensating by either using their headlight beams or even foglights in lieu, which only worsens the situation, by all means as a temporary measure if on the move, but people should have some spare bulbs in the car.

Tbh, you could get away with driving without even dipped lights on lit up roads at night/in the dark (not that Id recommend it), many seem to do it anyway without even turning a single light on.
It's on unlit sections or twisting roads that it makes the difference more significantly worse and could cause confusion/distraction for an oncoming driver to an oncoming driver.

I agree ,as I drive mostly on rural roads,its dangerous when u come round a bend,and Langer's Dan is hurtling towards you with one(mostly full light)glaring ,its natural to evade,or adjust,etc,no excuses