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.

[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.

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.


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...

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

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"

[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.
p/t

...and if you follow close enough to the vehicle in front you can quite comfortably do the speed limit and more

[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