Automatic trans: correct usage at drive-through?

Foxhound5366 said:
I'll be sure to take a photo next time.

I think it's exacerbated in dark drive throughs because there your eyes are kicking up your night vision to compensate. McDonalds drive throughs are quite well-lit, while KFC ones are a lot darker, for example.
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If it was so bright that you couldn't make out a badge on the back or even the shape of the rear end, then I would believe those were some bright ass tailights.
 
Leo_ said:
Yes, because apparently the car's brake lights are comparable to looking directly at the sun.
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I'm happy for you that your night blindness makes this a non-issue for you, but that doesn't give you a license to blind the rest of humanity unlucky enough to get caught behind you.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I'm happy for you that your night blindness makes this a non-issue for you, but that doesn't give you a license to blind the rest of humanity unlucky enough to get caught behind you.
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Na I don't think the rest of humanity is affected by it. Probably only you. Especially since no one is this thread besides you seems to be affected by it
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I'm happy for you that your night blindness makes this a non-issue for you, but that doesn't give you a license to blind the rest of humanity unlucky enough to get caught behind you.
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Just don't drive at night. It's more hazardous by you driving at night and being a danger to other road users because of bright shining lights than it is for other drivers to stop using their brake light for its intended purpose.

Just get an eye test. Simple.
 
Leo_ said:
Just don't drive at night. It's more hazardous by you driving at night and being a danger to other road users because of bright shining lights than it is for other drivers to stop using their brake light for its intended purpose.

Just get an eye test. Simple.
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A brake light's intended purpose on a car that is stationary in a drive through and with nowhere to go is ... what exactly?
 
Foxhound5366 said:
A brake light's intended purpose on a car that is stationary in a drive through and with nowhere to go is ... what exactly?
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Well, if rear fog lights, (which are only sometimes lower, but often just part of the rear light cluster ) don't bother you, I don't see how you can be affected by less bright brake lights...
 
supersunbird said:
Well, if rear fog lights, (which are only sometimes lower, but often just part of the rear light cluster ) don't bother you, I don't see how you can be affected by less bright brake lights...
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To be clear, I'm not talking about brake lights at night when they are just illuminated. I am talking about when the idiot is standing on the brakes because he is only thinking about his nice chicken wings and not the poor sucker in the car behind him that he is blinding.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
To be clear, I'm not talking about brake lights at night when they are just illuminated. I am talking about when the idiot is standing on the brakes because he is only thinking about his nice chicken wings and not the poor sucker in the car behind him that he is blinding.
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Which are still less bright than rear fog lights, but since you dismissed me complaining about those, your issue with the brake lights are equally dismiss-able.
 
supersunbird said:
Which are still less bright than rear fog lights, but since you dismissed me complaining about those, your issue with the brake lights are equally dismiss-able.
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*rolls eyes* Is that how your mind works? Anybody who disagrees with me on something must automatically be wrong about anything else they believe? God, that's a definition of hell right there.
 
crackersa said:
Off topic bit you mentioned bright headlights

There's tech in the states that auto dim your high beams when a car approaches. Is that in SA yet?
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This is widely available in luxury vehicles and is starting to trickle down to more mainstream cars, but is usually an expensive optional extra.
 
FiestaST said:
I'll be honest never been "blinded" by the brake lights of cars in front of a Drive-Thru/Through at night.
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Dark or well-lit drive through? It obviously won't happen at McDonalds, but some other drive throughs are pitch dark. Your eyes adjust more slowly to bright light and back to darkness than consistent light during the day.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
Dark or well-lit drive through? It obviously won't happen at McDonalds, but some other drive throughs are pitch dark. Your eyes adjust more slowly to bright light and back to darkness than consistent light during the day.
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All the brand name ones in CPT here are fairly well lit so my observation would from them.

Can't comment on ones that are dark with close to zero lighting.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
In the past I've always been annoyed when stuck behind a car
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Unfortunately my vehicle does not have a handbrake or park button. It has a foot brake that is tedious to engage or release.

So the brake pedal it is. Unless its an uphill. If I stop the vehicle on a up hill I can even release the normal foot brake it won't go forwards or backwards, even if I leave it in drive. Down hill or level it will crawl forward if I release the normal footbrake.
 
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If a cars brake lights are to bright I wont stare at them. :rolleyes:
 
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