Originally Posted by bogan
oh great.. I guess I will stop using my indicators and turn off my brake lights too.. for they might confuse or distract other road users..
Forum whore
oh great.. I guess I will stop using my indicators and turn off my brake lights too.. for they might confuse or distract other road users..
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ZRXOA #9170
Blowin up bikes since ages ago
Are you being purposely obtuse?
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
Forum whore
nope.. mine are fine - just normal standard headlight wattage. Same as they have been for 30 odd years..
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ZRXOA #9170
Forum whore
no, I'm pretty sure I was being sardonic.
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
ZRXOA #9170
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Well I don't think he's the sharpest bowling ball in the rack...
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Blowin up bikes since ages ago
I never did like sardines.
I didn't say he was dumb, quite the opposite really. Just a bit much time wasted on being stubborn me thinks......
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
Forum whore
depends on which side of the light you are looking I think.......from the riders side it will be fine but it may be very bright if on full beam. Night or day.
Flyboy
21watts vs 55watts. Surely even you are bright (see what I did there) enough to tell the difference. You might even find if you blind someone with their high beams then they may cut you off just to spite you. Inciting road rage is definitely not the safest way to go about riding.
Personally the problem I have with it is... you give other courteous and respectful motorcyclists (and cyclists!) a bad name.
BTW, I cycle, without bright as f**k lights, and I have no issues with traffic. Maybe you're just doing it wrong?
Hardcore Biker
Buy a pair of prescription sunnys like I did ya'cheap bugger,,,after all you already have the flash Toyota so you's obviously loaded.
Or just flip your mirror right up an only use your wing mirrors,,,,also Like I do.
See I'm one of the enemy,,I drive a truck all day and I have no center mirror because they's pretty crap at looking through 30 tonne of fert bags or any of the other crap I haul.
So when I get in my ute to go home I can suddenly see all these tail gating fuckers that I usually can't see unless I look directly at my wing mirrors,,,an even then they still look waaaaaaay closer in the center mirror,,,,so flip it up,,,problem solved.
Next you'll tell us you got no fingers huh ?
No ?
Ok,so give the cunt one,,,he'll crawl up his own arse in an effort to get in front of you to return it.
An don't worry about him kicking your mirror off,,,,all the guys that say they've done that are liars with very poor imaginations and the belief everybody else is as stupid as they are and are reeeeeeeeeally going to buy that shit.
You did say RANT,,,,yes
Forum whore
nah.. bollocks...
a headlight on full beam in daytime does not a discourteous biker make.
Its not even that bright.. build a bridge.
I have never, ever been "dazzled, confused, or distracted" or otherwise affected by any normal set of headlights on full beam in day time. Perhaps I need my eyes checked... because it would seem abnormal for it to be the other way around... I can understand someone being upset by a 1500 or 2000 lumen light being shone in their eyes..
People who complain about headlights are the same people who complain I am riding in the bus lane (allowed), or going to the front of the queue at the traffic lights, or just generally enjoying myself riding my bike while they are stuck in their tin can in the traffic.
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
ZRXOA #9170
sdkfz
Nope. I'm not complaining about any of that.
I ride a bike too, and make use of its abilities, and have fun. I happily lane split. As long as I do it sensibly - I'm not causing anyone any grief. I'd happily use bus lanes (the ones that don't specifically exclude bikes) if it was relevant down here. (I tend not to filter, but that's just a personal choice). But it's also my responsibility to not bother anyone else unduly. Heck, I put a stiebel horn on my bike, it's loud - I could ride around tootling that every few seconds for "safety" to make sure people know I'm there. But that'd be beyond safety into annoying.
Most bikes and some cars, ride/drive around all day with their headlights on. That's fine, and legal. They don't dazzle me. But those that have high beam on, on purpose, are just being smug arses; and are being a distraction.
What is it with people being all over their own rights, but not their responsibilities?
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Forum whore
It does.
I have. I've stopped and waited until the hole in the middle of my vision has cleared. That was from a "mate" following me who had a poorly installed HID kit on his Bandit and I glanced in my mirror at the "wrong" moment. Not everyone is the same and obviously some of us aren't as well made as you are, but that doesn't give you the "right" to inflict your illegal high beams on everyone around you. At night you have plenty of warning of a vehicle approaching on high beam and can avoid looking directly at it. During daylight hours not so much.
As the Teutonic Tank fan said, I'm not averse to using the advantages of my bike to my advantage in traffic either, but I'm not going to consciously do something that pisses someone off. That particular lottery is difficult to justify from a hospital bed because someone opened the door of the car on your, or swerved at you, or brake tested you.
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Firstly, it doesn't matter whether you get distracted by them, its about whether other motorists do (which from your previous posts, you know they do). I don't see why this is such a difficult concept for you to grasp?
Secondly, riding with full beam, you will be emitting around 1000-2000 lumens, so you should understand why they might get upset.
Thirdly, isn't riding on dip then flashing to full if they haven't seen you going to increase the chance they do? (a change in light is more effective than the maximum brightness) and checking if they have seen you also increases your defensive driving ability.
It just seems to me you're going around pissing off (some) motorists for no reason other than you're too lazy to identify the troublesome ones and take corrective action.
And FYI, whether you or other motorists consider it dazzling or not, it is always illegal to approach an intersection with your lights on full beam. As far as I can tell it is never policed, but I think you'd have a tough time claiming its your 'right' to do so.
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Forum whore
It is also illegal to use full beam into oncoming traffic! I feel like ramming the cunts with retina searing lights, but the bull bars would probably melt before I hit them! Slightly upsetting, get fucked! When I see these fuck heads, the last thing I think of, is congratulating them!
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Wow.
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