My Encounter with the Constabulary

[Dave]

quote; Wkid
.....driving with lights on dip with foglights on....no different than my NZ assembled Mondeo....

Sorry, the nit pickers are out, but Ford dont assemble Mondeos in NZ.

[Motu]

damn,I missed that one! mind you if we asked the year it could be a Japanese assembled one.

[Wonko]

They are turned on for the same reason yours should be on on your bike, to increase visability of the vechicle.

[Lou Girardin]

The best part is that his partner is going to tell everone back at base just how much of a prat he looked. He won't live it down for months.
Lou

[wkid_one]

It's always a great feeling to be let off an infringement. I was let off two last year through eloquently written letters to Wellington (1 4 me & 1 4 my wife).


Zed

The point is there is no infringement to be let off in the first place

[Zed]

The point is there is no infringement to be let off in the first place

You're always trying to prove someone wrong or find a mistake in someones post aren't you Cincinnati...especially mine How old are you again?

There WAS an infringement but because of the letter some pen-pusher decided to let me off!


Zed

[Goddess of Goof]

Our work has all our cars/utes lights wired to come on as soon as the car is started. The reason is that according to them your 15% less likely to be in an accident as you are more easily seen. cheers

I agree with lights on during the day if you're in a car - (bike is hard-wired)
for the following circumstances:
dark clouds, bad weather, low visibility,
driving out in the country side - and in the kind of intense traffic situation you
get in urban Auckland sometimes, where plonkers will try to push into your road-space if you look the least bit "easy".

I've just driven back from Paeroa yesterday, and I had my lights on cos there's always
farm machinery or other mad drivers wanting to pull out in front of you from side roads ........it gives them a chance to see you and guage your speed and distance more accurately, I reckon.
A recent development I hate tho is the way the new halogen type headlights shine different colours etc when the car goes over bumps in the road, it is very distracting. Those lights can be very glaring also, and look as if they are
on full beam. Then when the vehicle gets closer, they aren't on full beam at all, just flash and dazzle as if they are.
'Orrible.....

[wkid_one]

A recent development I hate tho is the way the new halogen type headlights shine different colours etc when the car goes over bumps in the road, it is very distracting. Those lights can be very glaring also, and look as if they are
on full beam. Then when the vehicle gets closer, they aren't on full beam at all, just flash and dazzle as if they are.
'Orrible.....

Mainly in the European cars (Audi, Volvos etc) - seems to be a better ligght for low light conditions apparently. Had Halogens on the R1 - which looked blue - kinda cool on a blue bike......but a horrendus waste of money given I seldom rode the bike at nigght......

[Cuban]

love that avatar wicked...

[wkid_one]

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