Are car side lights past their sell by date?
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Complete agreement Clive.
I'm a driver, owner/driver courier. I used to do 7.5 driving too, so i been all up and down this country in all weathers.
It never ceases to amaze me that some motorists think they can shoot up and down the motorways in all weathers without headlamps on.
Spray absolutely covers my wing mirrors so much that i cannot see anything coming up on the outside lane if it hasn't got it's lamps on. Side lights are no good. I can't see them!
Myself, driving a van, do not have the luxury of a windscreen mounted rear view mirror that's dry, nor do i have rear windscreens! And neither do large lorries, which you will have noticed that as soon as the light or weather turns bad, immediately put their headlamps on.
I think the daytime headlights are the best idea ever.
My chevy truck has them, and the only time they are off is when the key is off, or the emegency brake is on.
Side light are for when you park for awhile
not to drive on the roads with.
leaving your car parked with dip head light is a no go.
so yes still need side lights to park.
I think that side lights should be called parking lights because that is what their main function should be
Side lights ARE now referred to as parking lights in almost all vehicle handbooks.
Also, did you know that there is a proposal presently being discussed by the loonies in Brussels that ALL EU countries should be forced to use dipped headlights all the time?
I am not necessarily saying that this particular suggestion is lunatic (although most other stuff from Brussels certainly is!), but I do not think it is a good idea for the whole of the EU.
I think its time people started to look at the highway code more often.
It clearly states that sidelights are for parking only,and dipped lights should be used.
so why don;t we get on to the subject of the idiots that drive with front fog-lights on with just there side/parking light on.
perhaps if there was more police enforcement of other motoring offences other then speeding and mobile phone users the highway code could be upheld.
side lights are used if you leave your car unattend in an ackward location so they dont run your battery flat i think it about time that we go the swedish way and run with lights on all time as it easier to see even in daylight and start giving fines to numpties running with fog lights on when not needed[fog light a light below bumper to be used in poor visibilityi.e heavy rain or fog]
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