Dipping Headlights Etiquette

rameire

there should be a new law that people could be shot if they have incorrect or insufficient lights in operation.
i flash all idiots i see with missing lights on their car.
dont care about the cars with their fog lights on anymore as they dont have much of a brain and wouldnt be able to understand what was going on if you flashed them, theyd prob think there were at a rave.
i dip before i see the vehicles, and i sometimes flash before they can see me so they notice im coming round.

once while overtaking a 70er, ( person who goes 70 no matter what speed limit is ) they dipped their headlights as i was passing, i got about 300 meters away and they stuck the high beams back on, i was pulling away but the road i use the n78 is very long and straight, i jammed on my breaks on the bike and stopped dead in the road, then when they got near i pulled off again and they dipped their lights, they put them back on so i pressed the break, and hey presto they turned the lights off, job done.

-Corkie-

yes i see this a good bit on the road allrite. speakin of bikes i was travelling a relativley narrow r road latley driving a truck. I seen 1 light coming and presumed it was a bike as the one light dimmed. When i was about to pass him it was a old cattle truck, i missed him by mm. Luckily i slowed down..

cian1500ww

malcox wrote: »

yes i see this a good bit on the road allrite. speakin of bikes i was travelling a relativley narrow r road latley driving a truck. I seen 1 light coming and presumed it was a bike as the one light dimmed. When i was about to pass him it was a old cattle truck, i missed him by mm. Luckily i slowed down..

You're nearly better of with no lights than one, really dangerous.

hoodie6029

might be a bit off thread here but the worst lighting offence of all is driving with no lights in fog. it is lethal. and sadly far, far too common.

Big J

Big J wrote: »

Also a lot of driving on full beam because one of the dipped heads is out. Begs the question - why do motor factors bother to stock replacement bulbs? Who buys them?

Me , I have a full set of replacement bulbs (front & back) in my car, bought them the first day I got the car.

testarossa40

mink_man wrote: »

is there a law regarding dipping?

Yeah, no skinny-dipping... in the daytime

Tea 1000

fullstop wrote: »

Why do you keep referring to the Moran family?

Cause Dick ran over my cat, and Terry Culeen is my sister.