Grey cars in the fog

[slofox]

Went out for a blat this morning despite it being foggy as hell and pissing down as well. Was fun!!
Except for one thing.
Who, in their right mind, would drive a grey car through the fog at 100+km/hr without any lights at all, on a narrowish winding road in fairly heavy peak traffic?
Whatever it is that causes this disease, there's a lot of it about. Or there was this morning anyway. :Pokey:

[PrincessBandit]

Went out for a blat this morning despite it being foggy as hell and pissing down as well. Was fun!!
Except for one thing.
Who, in their right mind, would drive a grey car through the fog at 100+km/hr without any lights at all, on a narrowish winding road in fairly heavy peak traffic?
Whatever it is that causes this disease, there's a lot of it about. Or there was this morning anyway. :Pokey:

C'mon now, as if you really have to ask. All drivers know that they don't need their lights to see in the fog. :doh:


p/t

[Mikkel]

Who, in their right mind, would drive a grey car through the fog at 100+km/hr without any lights at all, on a narrowish winding road in fairly heavy peak traffic?

Sounds like a kiwi - on a good day... :chase:


Whatever it is that causes this disease, there's a lot of it about. Or there was this morning anyway. :Pokey:

Well, when you can pretty much pick your qualifications out of a wheetbix package at age 15 - no wonder some people become a bit blase about the whole deal.

[suckingair]

I'd point and throw sticks at the car driver, but I ride a silver bike, which must be damn hard to see in fog.. living Pukekohe there has been a bit of it over the last month.

I remember an insurance conference where a speaker was giving statistics about car colours and the likely hood of a accident, at one point he said '..and if you want to die, buy a silver car'.

[breakaway]

Car drivers won't put their lights on unless it's dark and they can't see.

They see the lights as a tool to enchance their abilility to see the road, not as a tool to get other drivers to notice them on the road.

[gwigs]

Time to make it compulsory to run with lights on 24/7.

[Mikkel]

Time to make it compulsory to run with lights on 24/7.

Shame on you, troll!

We don't even want to think about starting that debate...

[YellowDog]

Hey, remember those Volvos back in the 80s. Lights on all of the time. Great idea.

As for driving in the fog without lights: a head on with another grey car without lights coming the other way would be great 'Karma'.

[GOONR]

Hey, remember those Volvos back in the 80s. Lights on all of the time. Great idea.

As for driving in the fog without lights: a head on with another grey car without lights coming the other way would be great 'Karma'.

I remember that, wasn't it something to do with the fact that in the country they are from they had to have them on 24/7?

[varminter]

I have always assumed that there a certain number of the general population that go to a car yard and say " I'd like one in state highway gray please, so that I can blend in with the road":wacko:

[FJRider]

I worry more about people who walk across the street at night in dark non-reflective clothing ... then bitch when you run over them. Don't they know what a bitch it is to get blood off the paintwork ...

[mowgli]

C'mon now, as if you really have to ask. All drivers know that they don't need their lights to see in the fog. :doh:
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...and if you follow close enough to the vehicle in front you can quite comfortably do the speed limit and more :whistle:

[steve_t]

Hamiltron drivers are terrible for it!! They really can't get their heads around turning their lights on in fog so they can be seen as opposed to helping them see :angry2::argh: