foglamps

So you happily dazzle other people to satisfy your unfounded paranoia.

 

If it left a set of six slash marks in two sets of three, it was a
badger. If just a single slash, probably a penguin. A trail of feathers
would also be a good clue.

Next time, just step sideways smartish. Mind yew, they both have fairly
streamlined profiles (assuming aforementioned badger wasn't going
sideways), so could be more difficult to spot than, say, a catapulted
hippo.

I can understand why it might take you by surprise. Tricky things,
Trebuchets.

And badgers.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, SpamTrapSeeSig

Good point. It was definitely a badger then.

Or possible a nun.

It might have been a nun.

Oh, that's easy to say, isn't it? In the heat of the moment, much more
difficult.

Especially is it's foggy.

 

Hi guys
I don't know, you turn your back for five minutes and 25 posts pop up.
Re Flying nuns, rather than step sideways a horrible thought occurred,
and I am bound for Hell for thinking it, but the thought of looking up
a Nun's habit popped into my mind. Now where did I leave my
medication?
Ned Ludd

 

Just a thought, if there were no feathers but a stink that makes your
eyes water at twenty-five paces, like my old English teachers breath,
it might have been a Skunk.
Ned

 

Trail of nasty pockmarks?

Rosary shrapnel.

I can understand it: Nuns can be really nasty, especially the ones with
stilettos*

Fairy nuff.

I'm sure it's all a blur now, but was it foggy?

Cheers,

S.

*The ones wearing stilettos are the deceptively dodgy ones, the ones
merely carrying them, yer usual assassnuns. And brogues can be just as
fatal at supersonic speeds -- many victims never even see an ankle,
well-turned or otherwise.

 

You don't have any buildings or contents insurance on your home? You only
have bare minimum third-party only car/bike insurance? No life insurance?
No travel insurance when you go away?

 

Thus spake Oily () unto the assembled multitudes:

Needn't be just fog; a motorway with heavy trucks all around you in a
downpour can be pretty bloody scary and might merit the temporary use of fog
lamps.

 

Can't agree with you. Spray lit by fog lamps is different.

 

gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

NO, no, no, no, no...

Spray makes glare from fog lights worse, not better...

 

I have buildings insurance because the mortgage company says I have to.
I don't have contents cover.

TPFT on the cars because theft isn't something that 'hardly ever
happens'. Fully comp on the bikes to get CIHAGM & breakdown cover, &
because crashing bikes isn't something that 'hardly ever happens'.

Death in service cover from work as part of the package, but otherwise
no.

Only what comes with my bank account.

Same question to you about carrying bright white & red lights at all
times - do you?

 

Oh great - you get scared so you deliberately dazzle people behind you.
FFS.

 

But the law doesn't require it.

But the law doesn't require it.

So - "because the law requires me to" isn't quite the full story, is it?

 

I was talking about car insurance, as well you know. But the same
principle applies - I have buildings insurance because I *have* to, not
because I want to.

Well done for the most impressive bit of hair-splitting I've seen in a
long time. Incidentally I don't have any choice but fully comp on the
bikes due to the MV's value, & TPFT on the cars is invariably cheaper
than TPO. But feel free to snip that out the same way you always snip
out anything that doesn't suit your argument.

To get back to the original point, none of you fans of RSLs have ever
been hit from behind in fog, or mentioned any 'friends of friends' who
have, or recited tales of all the times your parents/grandparents were
hit prior to RSLs being made mandatory.

So it boils down to your paranoia about something that hardly if ever
happens, versus the very real problem of being dazzled in mild mist,
rain, or totally clear conditions by either people with the same
paranoia, or twats who don't know what the buttons on their dashboard
do.

 

Got a rear foglight on your bike have you?

Pray tell how you're going to do that on a country lane with hedges at
each side of the road, or where the kerbs are too high to push a car
over? And what about all the people who pile into your car before
you've got it completely off the road?

Interesting how you like to dazzle other drivers in case something that
will never happen happens, yet you think I'm the selfish one.

So rather than carrying torches as "just another form of insurance
against getting tail ended in fog", you don't worry about an electrical
breakdown as it's very unlikely to happen, yes? Less likely than you
getting hit from behind because you forgot to put your foglights on?

 

http://www.dragginjeans.net/

 

WTF? Are you really that thick? You do understand sarcasm, yes?

Surely if someone's tailgating you, it's safe to assume they know
you're there? The argument's about people hitting you up the arse
because normal rear lights are too dim to see. If you think RFLs are
needed on cars to stop that happening, why haven't you fitted them to
your bikes too?

It's pretty clear to anyone who can read, but I'll say it again as you
seem to be confused. I'm saying that the vast majority of RFL use is
totally unnecessary & does nothing but dazzle people behind. As most
people are incapable of using them in a way that doesn't inconvenience
other road users, they should be banned.

You're saying if you don't use RFLs in fog, people might not see you in
time & hit you in the rear. I'm saying that's total bollocks, I've
never heard of it happening, nobody else has ever heard of it happening
either by the looks of it, & if you think it's likely enough to warrant
all the misuse, then surely you'd fit RFLs to your bikes too. Hopefully
that's clear enough.

 

How many times have you crashed into the back of a car because you
didn't see it?

 

Didn't see how close it was and the fact that it was slowing down in
heavy fog? Once.

Well, it was a lorry, actually. And some many years ago. No rear
window brake light repeaters.

FWIW I use my rear foglight in reduced visibility, whatever the cause,
but always turn it off when there's a car behind me. So it's only on
to guard against something not seeing me from some distance until it's
too late to spot if I need to brake hard.

 

If everyone did the same, the world would be a happier place (& I'd get
far fewer headaches when sat on the M5 for a couple of hours).