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Come Inside... => Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Aviation Fuel Head Zone => Topic started by: The Moan Ranger on January 30, 2012, 07:36:33 AM
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I don't know if this is a phenomenon particular to this north east corner of Surrey, but it staggers me how many cars I see who have defective headlamps.
Only this morning, on a 4.4 mile (7km, BM) round trip, I counted FOURTEEN cars who had a headlamp out. FOURTEEN! It's particularly dangerous when it is the offside as from a distance, it appears that a motorcycle is approaching and only at the last second you realise it's a car - and you have to adjust your road position accordingly. And if it's not feckin' headlamps then it's feckwits who drive along on side lights with their foglights on. I'm pretty sure that that's an offence. Doubtless our resident Chisholm will advise.
When I was younger you simply wouldn't get away with it - there were a lot more patrol cars and they'd pull you straight away. Nowadays though, there are hardly any patrol cars as they jut rely on the speed/red light jumping cameras, so there's scant enforcement.
Is it because there's no enforcement or is it because these new-fangled Xenon lamps cost a bleedin' fortune? Either way, it's bleddy dangerous and plod should e doing more evil:
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I don't know if this is a phenomenon particular to this north east corner of Surrey, but it staggers me how many cars I see who have defective headlamps.
Only this morning, on a 4.4 mile (7km, BM) round trip, I counted FOURTEEN cars who had a headlamp out. FOURTEEN! It's particularly dangerous when it is the offside as from a distance, it appears that a motorcycle is approaching and only at the last second you realise it's a car - and you have to adjust your road position accordingly. And if it's not feckin' headlamps then it's feckwits who drive along on side lights with their foglights on. I'm pretty sure that that's an offence. Doubtless our resident Chisholm will advise.
When I was younger you simply wouldn't get away with it - there were a lot more patrol cars and they'd pull you straight away. Nowadays though, there are hardly any patrol cars as they jut rely on the speed/red light jumping cameras, so there's scant enforcement.
Is it because there's no enforcement or is it because these new-fangled Xenon lamps cost a bleedin' fortune? Either way, it's bleddy dangerous and plod should e doing more evil:
Good rant! :thumbsup:
I think it is the outrageous lack of enforcement. As you say, plod rely on scameras and are too busy waiting outside pubs to catch somebody that has had a couple of glasses of wine to bother about such things...
That is also why (when we lived in Maidenhead) scum raced around the backstreets (no scameras) in their Corsas with complete impunity...
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It's not confined to your neck of the woods TMR. Maybe they could get the four coppers off the A33 last week to nab a few. Two coppers in nice shiny BMW No. 1 sat on the verge N/bound, 400m further on, two other coppers in nice shiny BMW No. 2 sat on the other verge S/bound, clocking passing motorists. Thank god there's no proper crime around here and that they can now concentrate on these
revenue raising henious crimes ::)
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I rant about this every morning and most evenings. It recently cost me £2 for a back light and Saturday £16 for a dipped headlight plus other illuminating lights, this is at the main dealerships.
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It's not confined to your neck of the woods TMR. Maybe they could get the four coppers off the A33 last week to nab a few. Two coppers in nice shiny BMW No. 1 sat on the verge N/bound, 400m further on, two other coppers in nice shiny BMW No. 2 sat on the other verge S/bound, clocking passing motorists. Thank god there's no proper crime around here and that they can now concentrate on these revenue raising henious crimes ::)
You are Growler and I claim my £5 angel1
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Same journey this evening, I counted a further 11. I'd suggest that it is unlikely that they were the same ones I saw this morning, going the other way...
The problem is I have it in my head now and I start counting as soon as I get in the car. I didn't really notice it when I was on the 4pm-4am shift as it was light when I was going in and there were very few cars on the road when I was coming back. Now it's turned into some sort of psychotic fixation eeek:
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My loud expletives are getting louder. Not so much the missing lamp but the full-beam feckers, the dented front wing which has sent the beam higher and of course the high-style 4x4s in the rear view mirror evil:
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My loud expletives are getting louder. Not so much the missing lamp but the full-beam feckers, the dented front wing which has sent the beam higher and of course the high-style 4x4s in the rear view mirror evil:
And front fecking fog lights! cussing:
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Same journey this evening, I counted a further 11. I'd suggest that it is unlikely that they were the same ones I saw this morning, going the other way...
The problem is I have it in my head now and I start counting as soon as I get in the car. I didn't really notice it when I was on the 4pm-4am shift as it was light when I was going in and there were very few cars on the road when I was coming back. Now it's turned into some sort of psychotic fixation eeek:
What do the voices tell you to do...? eveilgrin:
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"Don't dazzle , dip " of course lol:
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
Thirty-seven! :thumbsup:
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
Cyclists should not be allowed on the roads... noooo:
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
Thirty-seven! :thumbsup:
Feck moi eeek: Spot on BM!
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
Thirty-seven! :thumbsup:
Feck moi eeek: Spot on BM!
eeek:
What is my prize like...? cloud9:
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I should buy a lottery ticket today like.... rubschin:
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
Thirty-seven! :thumbsup:
Feck moi eeek: Spot on BM!
eeek:
What is my prize like...? cloud9:
A medal. All you need now is a chest to pin it on :thumbsup:
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Right, I'm driving up to London in half an hour's time. How many will I count?
Thirty-seven! :thumbsup:
Feck moi eeek: Spot on BM!
eeek:
What is my prize like...? cloud9:
A medal. All you need now is a chest to pin it on :thumbsup:
happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001
::)
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
I have those on my bike and use them so that those country types in their 4x4s can see me down the lanes. whistle:
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Just wear fluorescent lycra, like
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
I expect you remember the old acetylene lamps you used to have to urinate in eh Darwin...? happy100
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Is "urinate" some sort of euphemism?
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Is "urinate" some sort of euphemism?
Yes... for 'piss'...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carbide lamps, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water.
Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable carbide lamps, worn on the hat or carried by hand, were widely used in mining in the early twentieth century. They are still employed by cavers, hunters, and cataphiles.
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Is "urinate" some sort of euphemism?
Yes... for 'piss'...
A pint of the usual then please ::)
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Is "urinate" some sort of euphemism?
Yes... for 'piss'...
A pint of the usual then please ::)
Long journey ahead then...? rubschin:
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Am I the only bloke ... redface:..........that thought it was about bikini top sun tan marks ....... whistle:
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Am I the only bloke ... redface:..........that thought it was about bikini top sun tan marks ....... whistle:
Yes.
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
I expect you remember the old acetylene lamps you used to have to urinate in eh Darwin...? happy100
I still do it on electric lamps out of habit
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Am I the only bloke ... redface:..........that thought it was about bikini top sun tan marks ....... whistle:
Yes.
redface:
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Now you mention, there was that holiday in Turkey in the hot summer of 1986 cloud9:
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Well basted?
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Well basted?
Chestnut stuffing
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Vaseline was involved eyes: eyes: eyes:
Ooh, dead on cue, here is Tipsy ::)
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On the other side of the coin, what about these super-bright LED bicycle headlights? I can't see a thing after one flash of those going the other way.
I expect you remember the old acetylene lamps you used to have to urinate in eh Darwin...? happy100
I still do it on electric lamps out of habit
lol: lol: lol:
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There are obviously very few DIY types here - 'cos if you were, you'd have worked out the cause of the problem of duff headlamps yourselves.
Just go and try and replace the bulb in any modern car. Go on - I dare you! Remember, it will almost certainly be a halogen bulb that you must NOT touch with skin and you need arms like an octopus to gain access to the rear of the housing
Some cars advise it as a main stealer job!
Then, when you look at the costs - and weigh that up against the fine and the potential for getting caught, it becomes blindingly obvious.
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Vaseline was involved eyes: eyes: eyes:
Ooh, dead on cue, here is Tipsy ::)
Oi! I missed this at the time. evil:
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Too late ~ Statute of Limitations
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Oh Bugger!!