Headlights on people, headlights on!

[PrincessBandit]

My bike was booked in for it's 42k service today and I copped the full brunt of the shite weather that hit Auckland today taking it into town.
Colemans gave me a wee VTR250 loaner (cute bike, a nightmare to ride in the wind that buffeted the entire southern motorway) and by the time I returned it to pick mine up Grundy street looked like a river.

Anyways, my exhortation is: Please remember to have your lights on folks. Riding conditions were totally shit today and I could not believe how many cars had no lights on whatsoever. Visibility was almost zero through the torrential rain and spotting cars was a major headache, with so many blending into the gray ambient light. Checking traffic behind me was almost non-existant as basically the majority of my focus was trying to estimate distance to "shapes" in front of me and not suddenly finding myself as a boot ornament.

Bikers and car drivers alike - please please please use your lights today; the cloak of invisibility is out in force. Help keep each other safe!!

[Maha]

Im off for a wee ride tonight down to Auckland Town...leaving about 5ish...blue skies/dry roads here and has been for about two hours...should be heading your way anytime now.
Light is always on.

[Murray]

Light is always on.

Not what I've heard!!!:wacko::wacko::yes:

[Maha]

Not what I've heard!!!:wacko::wacko::yes:

Only when riding in the Waikato...It helps to ease the angst.

[george formby]

Im off for a wee ride tonight down to Auckland Town...leaving about 5ish...blue skies/dry roads here and has been for about two hours...should be heading your way anytime now.
Light is always on.

Ah, the lights maybe on but is anybody home?:innocent:

No, but seriously, we had the rain all day yesterday & last night. Woke up this morning, typical, and it was unbelievably misty. First time I have seen a proper can't see f'all pea soup up here. Quite a few vehicles did have there lights on but I think that was out of necessity to see the road.
The summer down pours on the North Western motor way are forever etched on my brain by the acid taste of terror, tail gating & no lights still travelling at 100kmh.:pinch:

[Maha]

Ah, the lights maybe on but is anybody home?:innocent:

No, but seriously, we had the rain all day yesterday & last night. Woke up this morning, typical, and it was unbelievably misty. First time I have seen a proper can't see f'all pea soup up here. Quite a few vehicles did have there lights on but I think that was out of necessity to see the road.
The summer down pours on the North Western motor way are forever etched on my brain by the acid taste of terror, tail gating & no lights still travelling at 100kmh.:pinch:

Just ring the bell buddy, someone will answer...;)

[skinman]

Bloody cars with no lights at night is just great also
stealth mode perhaps

[SMOKEU]

Bloody cars with no lights at night is just great also
stealth mode perhaps

Cops like to use that move.

[G4L4XY]

Bloody cars with no lights at night is just great also
stealth mode perhaps

Unbelievable the amount of car drivers who drive without their lights on, im guess it's because the streets are so well lit, retards though, you'd think they would be more aware.

Always got my light on, would like to stand out as much as possible, too many idiots behind the wheel these days, dont wanna give them one more excuse for not seeing me

[oneofsix]

Unbelievable the amount of car drivers who drive without their lights on, im guess it's because the streets are so well lit, retards though, you'd think they would be more aware.

Always got my light on, would like to stand out as much as possible, too many idiots behind the wheel these days, dont wanna give them one more excuse for not seeing me

This is stupid but I know of one cager that is more worried about his battery being run down so unless the sun has set he doesn't put his lights on :facepalm: If he used the argument of fuel economy he might barely have a point.

[caspernz]

The clowns who drive around with park lights on are just as bad... I reckon all vehicles should be fitted with an evil device, the flexible end of a fishing rod, primed at the back of a drivers' neck...so that when he/she releases the park brake with lights on park only, they get an instant reminder that park lights are for stationary vehicles. Use the same device for dickheads who can't work out when to turn their lights on. After a few welts they'll soon learn...

The sooner day running lamps become standard fitment, the better.

My wife belongs in that category above, so I fitted LED running lights that come on when car is started. They only can be turned off by turning lights onto dip, so that's fixed her hahahahaha!

[Hitcher]

The clowns who drive around with park lights on are just as bad... I reckon all vehicles should be fitted with an evil device, the flexible end of a fishing rod, primed at the back of a drivers' neck...so that when he/she releases the park brake with lights on park only, they get an instant reminder that park lights are for stationary vehicles. Use the same device for dickheads who can't work out when to turn their lights on. After a few welts they'll soon learn...

Amen to that brother! I blame the Constabulary for not stopping and prosecuting those wankers who insist on driving with their PARKING lights on. When I'm King, the switch that operates park lights will be hidden at the back of the glovebox and a car's light switch will have only one click that turns headlights ON and a toggle that dips them.

Parking lights do little to improve a vehicle's visibility whilst travelling.

These new LED "running lights" are just designer wankery. Pure ornamentation designed to impress the neighbours with your new expensive German car that you don't actually own, because the family trust has acquired it under sum tax-beneficial leasing arrangement. They're easily injection moulded into a plastic fitting and are pretty reliable but still require drivers to make a subsequent decision to turn their main headlights on when things get really dark. Ban them!

And then there are the wankers who drive with their lights on full beam, because they think that making themselves REALLY visible makes them even safer. Not when I'm out with my destructor ray gun it doesn't.

[Laava]

Amen to that brother! I blame the Constabulary for not stopping and prosecuting those wankers who insist on driving with their PARKING lights on. When I'm King, the switch that operates park lights will be hidden at the back of the glovebox and a car's light switch will have only one click that turns headlights ON and a toggle that dips them.

Parking lights do little to improve a vehicle's visibility whilst travelling.

These new LED "running lights" are just designer wankery. Pure ornamentation designed to impress the neighbours with your new expensive German car that you don't actually own, because the family trust has acquired it under sum tax-beneficial leasing arrangement. They're easily injection moulded into a plastic fitting and are pretty reliable but still require drivers to make a subsequent decision to turn their main headlights on when things get really dark. Ban them!

And then there are the wankers who drive with their lights on full beam, because they think that making themselves REALLY visible makes them even safer. Not when I'm out with my destructor ray gun it doesn't.

Awwww! Someone needs a hug!

[GTRMAN]

Awwww! Someone needs a hug!


or a nap....

[Akzle]

Unbelievable the amount of car drivers who drive without their lights on, im guess it's because the streets are so well lit, retards though, you'd think they would be more aware.

Always got my light on, would like to stand out as much as possible, too many idiots behind the wheel these days, dont wanna give them one more excuse for not seeing me
you think car-types in cities are AWARE of anything beyond the four feet in front and to the right of their vehicle???? :rofl:

i have lights on when visibility is reduced. could be rain, dark, overcast, glare, whatever. not always on, but usually.

and i think it's a legal requirement for mo'bikes....

[Gremlin]

Don't waste your fingers Princess... I travel a fair bit in the dark or dusk when lights should be on. Almost every trip has someone driving along without lights on. Plenty of those don't even get it when you flash them or point at their lights. I reckon they should be removed from the road as they clearly don't know how to operate a vehicle. I don't even bother counting the number of non-working lights or driving with park lamps. A good reason actually why WOF's should still be around. People do not check their vehicles.


The sooner day running lamps become standard fitment, the better.

My wife belongs in that category above, so I fitted LED running lights that come on when car is started. They only can be turned off by turning lights onto dip, so that's fixed her hahahahaha!
I disagree. It's a motorcycles point of difference in daylight. Last thing I want is all vehicles required to have lights on all the time.

[BMWST?]

agreed at the lack of common sense.Not only car drivers not putting on lights,pedestrians dressed completely in black,cyclists dressed in dark colours and with poor lights...

[caspernz]

I disagree. It's a motorcycles point of difference in daylight. Last thing I want is all vehicles required to have lights on all the time.

We'll agree to disagree on that one. Daytime running lamps, preferably LEDs, give any vehicle a better signature for other drivers to recognise...from further away. And that's a good thing regardless of whether the vehicle is a motorcycle or a 44 tonne truck & trailer.

And I'm with Hitcher on the wanky nature of the fashion statement LEDs being fitted to some cars. Bit like the foglights of years gone by, almost always on...indicating a driver with more money than common sense...:brick:

[Swoop]

If a funeral procession is at night, do people drive with their lights off?

[Road kill]

I ride my bike without the lights on during the day at times,,,1966 it really doesn't like having the lights on at all times.
But the amount of people that have pointed out my lights weren't on,and that's why they saw me.:lol:

Lights not on in fog,,,now that's something else:(

[oldrider]

Ride without any safety gear mudguards or lights and "everyone" will see you! :rolleyes:

[Subike]

Have to agree with lost of the above statements.
But the one that you all miss, and it poss the most important

The stupid fuckers who drive with one blown headlamp....

I am sure we could all tell stories of the car approaching from the left or right that appeared to be a bike because of this.

Now when it rains, and the vehicle only has its left side headlight running, the assumption could be its a scooter and................

[george formby]

Have to agree with lost of the above statements.
But the one that you all miss, and it poss the most important

The stupid fuckers who drive with one blown headlamp....

I am sure we could all tell stories of the car approaching from the left or right that appeared to be a bike because of this.

Now when it rains, and the vehicle only has its left side headlight running, the assumption could be its a scooter and................

I need to get the Chancellor out for some night rides & have been thinking about the best road position for two bikes. Front & back it will be confusing for other vehicles.