Driving with headlights on

Nerfherder said:
Oncoming cars with their lights shining in your eyes ? Thats more than enough reason.

Its retarded, makes no sense whatsoever.
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Now that I have also seen!! I just think they forgot to switch their lights on to dims. . . . retards!!
 
Nerfherder said:
Oncoming cars with their lights shining in your eyes ? Thats more than enough reason.

Its retarded, makes no sense whatsoever.
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During daylight, someone's headlight are a problem due to shining in your eyes?? Must be blinding
 
I've been driving with my lights on since I got my licence. I actually find it more important now in my neighbourhood as we have a lot of pedestrian traffic including children running in the streets.

But it is illegal to drive with your fog lights on even at night unless you have reduced visibility that requires you to use them. This I think is where most people get pissed off as fog lights can be blinding and make you look like royal tw@
 
hopefully still on topic, ever noticed how even during the day bright lights are just as irritating ?
 
Nerfherder said:
Oncoming cars with their lights shining in your eyes ? Thats more than enough reason.

Its retarded, makes no sense whatsoever.
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I'm talking about regular lights, not brights? If you're being blinded by regular lights during the day htf do you drive at night?
anyway certain light conditions can make it a LOT easier to see a car if it has headlights on. For example in the hour or two after sunrise if you are traveling east it can be difficult to see oncoming traffic, but headlights on help the car show up through the sun's glare. Same around sunset.
 
Your first instinct when a car comes from the front with it's lights on is to look away. The point of the matter is that you have already seen it. And that is the whole idea - to be seen. . . :p
 
Nerfherder said:
Oncoming cars with their lights shining in your eyes ? Thats more than enough reason.

Its retarded, makes no sense whatsoever.
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If you're being blinded by regular headlights in the middle of the day then I would rush to the nearest optometrist ASAP if I were you because it sounds like you have a serious eye condition.
 
Fazda said:
In other words, you would rather someone hit you because they couldn't see you, rather than support a law that is there for your safety! :rolleyes:
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If you can't see me without my lights on you shouldn't be on the road.

Lights shining directly at you eyes will cause you to see LESS. These chops need to hit the science class.


I understand that bikes need it... but there are also a lot less of them and because there are less you notice the lights more and its actually effective.
It would be a lot less effective if every car on the road had their lights on.
 
deweyzeph said:
If you're being blinded by regular headlights in the middle of the day then I would rush to the nearest optometrist ASAP if I were you because it sounds like you have a serious eye condition.
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When every car has their headlights on ? and most chops put their brights on ?

I bet you are the king of d00s that does it ? Notice how other road users hate you....
 
RandomDesign said:
What's the story with this... I seem to recall that this was made law some time ago, was it unmade or just heeded like the laws about cell phone use while driving?
and do some cars come with constant running lights now?
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Where do people get ideas like in this OP? Just assume stuff is made into law after hearing something about something vaguely, like the people that believe lane splitting with bikes is illegal when it isn't.
 
RandomDesign said:
I'm talking about regular lights, not brights? If you're being blinded by regular lights during the day htf do you drive at night?
anyway certain light conditions can make it a LOT easier to see a car if it has headlights on. For example in the hour or two after sunrise if you are traveling east it can be difficult to see oncoming traffic, but headlights on help the car show up through the sun's glare. Same around sunset.
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Yes... certain conditions.

I turn my lights on at sunset, it does help, fog, rain, smog etc They come on automatically.


On a bright sunshiny day it does nothing but piss people off.
 
Nerfherder said:
If you can't see me without my lights on you shouldn't be on the road.

Lights shining directly at you eyes will cause you to see LESS. These chops need to hit the science class.


I understand that bikes need it... but there are also a lot less of them and because there are less you notice the lights more and its actually effective.
It would be a lot less effective if every car on the road had their lights on.
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Bollocks once again.

Amazing how you seem to think that your POV on this is the only logical one - this is a law in most FIRST World countries, where people actually consider road safety as being an important factor in their lives.

Lights are on TO BE SEEN - end of story - all you need is to drive a grey/silver car through mottled sunlight that you would get when trees are throwing shadows across the road, and see how quickly it disappears.

Sadly, it's people with attitudes like yours that will always screw up any attempt at road safety in SA.
 
Nerfherder said:
When every car has their headlights on ? and most chops put their brights on ?

I bet you are the king of d00s that does it ? Notice how other road users hate you....
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Must be a Cape Town thing, GP driver don't often drive with the brights on during daytime in my experience, even if the headlights are on...
 
Nerfherder said:
When every car has their headlights on ? and most chops put their brights on ?

I bet you are the king of d00s that does it ? Notice how other road users hate you....
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I usually put my headlights on when it's dark, overcast, raining, misty or foggy, however I really couldn't care less if someone else chooses to put their headlights on in the middle of a clear sunny day. It doesn't affect me one bit. I've never heard anyone express annoyance at people who do either, except for you.
 
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