Rear facing tractor lights

flossy1

maybe this not the place - last night I was driving home and come behind a tractor going at 50Kl . It had 4[what i would call head lights on, shining back at me I could see nothing , I would to know why do famers use these light on the ROAD . What is the law on this

snowman707

flossy1 wrote: »

maybe this not the place - last night I was driving home and come behind a tractor going at 50Kl . It had 4[what i would call head lights on, shining back at me I could see nothing , I would to know why do famers use these light on the ROAD . What is the law on this

Don't know the legal side but I think using the work lights in such a manner is dangerous and inconsiderate to other road users

Rovi

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They'd be commonly known as ploughing lamps or work lights.

It is illegal to have a white light showing on the rear of a vehicle on the public road.

Muckit

illegal and inconsiderate.

They are 'work' lights and so serve no purpose on the public road only to infuriate and inconvenience other road users. They can be turned off separately.

I'm a farmer and it drives me nuts when I see that kind of s**t hawkin' !!

p.s. tractors have reg numbers too

JohnBoy

but it can be hard to see the number plate when it's flanked by a couple of halogens either side

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flossy1 wrote: »

maybe this not the place - last night I was driving home and come behind a tractor going at 50Kl . It had 4[what i would call head lights on, shining back at me I could see nothing , I would to know why do famers use these light on the ROAD . What is the law on this

put on your full beams until the lights go off, same thing to people who dont dim their lights while driving towards you or leave their fog lighs on

Drawinhard!!

Hate that i always make sure to turn off my work lights when on d road. Its pure ignorance on the drivers behalf. As a matter of interest was der any implement on the back to maby justify his stupidity??

poor farmer

Downright bad manners,some clowns insist on having all white worklights front and rear switched on while on public roads at night.

Skittles_

poor farmer wrote: »

Downright bad manners,some clowns insist on having all white worklights front and rear switched on while on public roads at night.

Ye realy gnorant when i leave back lights on because i want you to hang back because when the presses are on the 2 ploughs you cant see my indicators and its about 12ft wth 1.5ft tail swing wth max speed of 30k

JohnBoy

you should have tail lights on your plough.

I know it's impractical, but that's your problem, not other road users'

Rovi

Shining white lights at traffic approaching from the rear is both illegal and inconsiderate.

If a rear mounted implement is obscuring the tractor's rear marker lights, something like this is easily mounted/removed to facilitate legal and safe use of the public road:

Skittles_

JohnBoy wrote: »

you should have tail lights on your plough.

I know it's impractical, but that's your problem, not other road users'

But the press is out about 1 ft or more beside the tractor more if it swings!, and the lights cant dazzel as they dont shine back further than the lenght of the plough when its raised. Have tried magnets but they are no good on curved surfaces Rovi and cant realy mount permanent lights either. Spoze ye wouldnt like the flashing Leds on the back of the trailer either :rolleyes:

JohnBoy

not really mad on the flashing LEDs, no, but they can be done right, or they can be done wrong. white lights shinging backwards are always being done wrong.


As long as the back of a trailer isnt covered in LED strobes, and they're not at eye level pointing straight back then I'd view them as a nessecary evil.


The press arm sounds like an ideal candidate for some of them. And if you dont have flat surfaces for the magnetics, make some.

dar31

the main problem with rear facing light is that they confuse motorist approaching from behind, from a distance it is hard to make out if it is another car approaching,

leading to , am i on the wrong side of road, is the other car on wrong side of road, dose the road have a twist in it some where ahead that i cant see, should i dim my light and lead to more confusion, as to where i am on the road, how come there is now two sets of lights coming at me,
ah bugger, BANG