parklights after sunset

[kamikaze]

am i the only one who gets annoyed at people who think that park lights are for that time period between sunset and the point where you can see f%$# all ?!?!?!?!?!

of course, they then almost always forget to switch on their headlights once it is properly dark because the instrument lights are already on fooling them into thinking that their headlights are already on.

 

why switch on those pathetic little 1w corner bulbs at a time when visibility is worse than when it is completely dark?

what purpose does it serve in your limited little mind?

 

ask yourself this - WHY are they called park lights???

 

 

there are a few variations:

 

a. the "no lights after sunset" - hey that's what streetlights are for!

besides, i'm "saving" my bulbs and battery

perps - BEE drivers and taxi's

 

b. the "screw headlights, ive got foglights!", because foglights are for showing off at dusk, but then you forget to switch on your headlights and wonder why you can only see 10m in front of you.

perps - BMW's, and more recently audi's

 

 

 

aaaaaaaarrgh!!!!!!!   

kamikaze2009-07-07 01:44:52

[TNT1]

 

Oh, nevermind that it's illegal to drive with just your park lights on as well.

 

edit... wait, nevemind, illegal seems to mean sweet FA to your average privileged south african...

TNT12009-07-07 01:46:48

[splat]

Do you feel better?

[NotSoBigBen]

But do they wave to the roadies I ask myself ......

[Delgado]

But do they wave to the roadies I ask myself ......

from Blancmange??

[kamikaze]

Do you feel better?

 

strangely enough, i do

 

but what makes me feel even better is when i drive around at dusk with a box of eggs in my lap.

nothing makes people switch on their lights as quickly as an egg on the windscreen.

 

scene in car - "what was that!? oh sh*t, my lights are still off!"

[BrendonMyb]

Do you feel better?

 

strangely enough' date=' i do

 

but what makes me feel even better is when i drive around at dusk with a box of eggs in my lap.

nothing makes people switch on their lights as quickly as an egg on the windscreen.

 

scene in car - "what was that!? oh sh*t, my lights are still off!"

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naaaa i think it will be more like "what was that ?, oh sh*t they tryna hijack me & then speed away even faster" 

[AndreZA]

And what about those little blue lights inside the headlights, what are they for?

 

 

 

I still think people think a car uses more fuel when they use lights or indicators.

 

 

 

 

[TNT1]

 

 

 

I still think people think a car uses more fuel when they use lights or indicators.

 

 

 

 

Nah, I think the average thought is "well, I can see, that's all that matters" They don't seem to have the capacity to think "what if no one can see me?" The average person seems to have absolutely zero instinct of self preservation.

 

[Guest Big H]

Here in Angola they think it saves your battery by not using lights or by driving on parking lights. Ohter night a guy came past me and promptly put off his lights to "use" mine. He disappeared from view as there are NO refelctors or anything. I just switched off my lights!!!!!!! His came back on with great speed and he kept his on all the way!!!!!!!

[Slave]

Maybe it stems from my days as a motor cyclist, but I switch on me driving lights when it is overcast, raining or before the sun actually sets.

 

I figure if I have my lights on, I must be easier to see. Park lights are useless unless for parking and fog lights have more irritation value than any other value. They do not help you see more of the road.

 

They do irritate and blind everyone else on the road. That makes them more dangerous than safe. IJITS.

 

Switch on your lights and you may never have to wonder if the other car would have seen you when you are at the funeral of your child who was probably not wearing the seatbelt at the moment of impact.

 

It costs nothing to use your lights. Being seen is the key issue.

 

 

[thehermanator]

And what about those little blue lights inside the headlights' date=' what are they for?

I still think people think a car uses more fuel when they use lights or indicators.

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Those blue lights are there to make a car go faster ? especially if you are from Lens.  <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />