Top tip for certain van drivers

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

A useful tip for certain van drivers. At the front and rear of your vehicle are what are known to other road users as 'lights', these can be used at night but importantly also during foggy mornings. If your worried or unsure about how to use lights then I can help. Simply when starting off on your journey look on your dash board, you will find a switch to flick, a button to press or a lever you have to turn, these will switch your lights on and enable other users to see you. You may think this may seem like a lot of effort, and you may feel it will make you tired but don't worry you will be surprised how easy it is. Let me know how you get on.

[cambridgefox]

A useful tip for certain van drivers. At the front and rear of your vehicle are what are known to other road users as 'lights', these can be used at night but importantly also during foggy mornings. If your worried or unsure about how to use lights then I can help. Simply when starting off on your journey look on your dash board, you will find a switch to flick, a button to press or a lever you have to turn, these will switch your lights on and enable other users to see you. You may think this may seem like a lot of effort, and you may feel it will make you tired but don't worry you will be surprised how easy it is. Let me know how you get on.

Sounds like you want to punch his lights out!

[Nick]

A useful tip for certain van drivers. At the front and rear of your vehicle are what are known to other road users as 'lights', these can be used at night but importantly also during foggy mornings. If your worried or unsure about how to use lights then I can help. Simply when starting off on your journey look on your dash board, you will find a switch to flick, a button to press or a lever you have to turn, these will switch your lights on and enable other users to see you. You may think this may seem like a lot of effort, and you may feel it will make you tired but don't worry you will be surprised how easy it is. Let me know how you get on.

 

Also a general note to all shite drivers who don't do this (that's about 80%+ by my reckoning) prior to pulling out to overtake it's a good idea to look over your shoulder into your blind spot to check you are not going to kill a motorcyclist. Oh, and indicate.

[RobHawk]

It amazes me how it always tends to be the the white, grey black cars and vans that don't use lights too! The 3 colours that are most likely to blend in with the fog/dark/tarmac etc. Idiots!

[Zingari]

i think all vehicles should be fitted with those LED strip  daytime running lights (DRL) , They're dead cheap now and so easy to fit .

[DB11]

Also a general note to all shite drivers who don't do this (that's about 80%+ by my reckoning) prior to pulling out to overtake it's a good idea to look over your shoulder into your blind spot to check you are not going to kill a motorcyclist. Oh, and indicate.

On the flip side, based solely on an experience this morning, perhaps motorcyclist's should be aware that if there's a space in lane 1, the car in front is probably going to move into it and so they shouldn't undertake me. I'm sure he was more scared than I was. Idiot.

[Bellend Sebastian]

It's very easy to demonise particular groups of highway users (I have pavement cyclists as my own personal nemesis) but I think the reality is that it wouldn't do any harm for everyone, whatever they're driving, riding or whatever should to be a bit more careful and considerate about how they use the road and to look out for other travellers rather than just worrying about themselves.

 

The folk in my office have been following the trial of that woman who's car hit and killed those toddlers at Narborough Road/Hinckley Road crossroads.  They haven't admitted it but I think it's touched a nerve because although there was another driver at fault, the stuff that counted towards the woman's careless driving conviction (going through a light that was just turning red, chatting on a handsfree mobile and being seemingly unaware of hazards, going a few mph over the speed limit etc was stuff that you see on the road all the time and just seems to be accepted

[Raj]

Also valid.point for my fellow cyclists who think cars will somehow see them in the dark.

[ADK]

It's very easy to demonise particular groups of highway users (I have pavement cyclists as my own personal nemesis) but I think the reality is that it wouldn't do any harm for everyone, whatever they're driving, riding or whatever should to be a bit more careful and considerate about how they use the road and to look out for other travellers rather than just worrying about themselves.

 

The folk in my office have been following the trial of that woman who's car hit and killed those toddlers at Narborough Road/Hinckley Road crossroads.  They haven't admitted it but I think it's touched a nerve because although there was another driver at fault, the stuff that counted towards the woman's careless driving conviction (going through a light that was just turning red, chatting on a handsfree mobile and being seemingly unaware of hazards, going a few mph over the speed limit etc was stuff that you see on the road all the time and just seems to be accepted

 

Yes I've been following that, seemed unfair on the face of it and a massive penalty too.

[Trav Le Bleu]

In my experience, it is nearly always drivers of silver/grey vehicles that fail to put their lights on in the fog. I think they believe they are driving stealth cars.

[ADK]

Well about 90% of cars are silver.

[Bellend Sebastian]

Yes I've been following that, seemed unfair on the face of it and a massive penalty too.

 

I wasn't really sure what conclusions to draw from it if I'm honest, partly as I don't think the way it was reported clearly explained the reasoning behind the verdict.

 

I'm probably reading far too much into it but I believe she was cleared of death by careless (?) driving presumably because the other (now deceased) driver was deemed to be more responsible for the accident.  The size of the fine and length of the ban to me suggests that the manner in which she was driving was deemed to be a contributory factor to the severity of the accident because in isolation I don't think anyone ever gets anything like that sort of penalty for that conviction normally.  I haven't a clue if this sort of context is taken into account when sentencing, but it would appear in this case that it has been

 

 

In my experience, it is nearly always drivers of silver/grey vehicles that fail to put their lights on in the fog. I think they believe they are driving stealth cars.

 

 

Well about 90% of cars are silver.

 

Silver is probably my least favourite colour choice for a car.

 

I always liked green, but that's WELL out of fashion.  Everyone stopped making green cars in about 2005.  Why's that then?

 

Even brown is making a comeback.  Very nice

[Trav Le Bleu]

Well about 90% of cars with dents in are silver.

 

Corrected