Quote from: fazersharp on 13 February 2018, 10:31:12 amAnother one - the army and when ranks retire they are always referred to as "Colonel Mustard-retired" "wing Commander Bird - retired"How far down the ranks does that go. Are there any "Private Tommy Atkins-retired"?
Another one - the army and when ranks retire they are always referred to as "Colonel Mustard-retired" "wing Commander Bird - retired"
Quote from: agricola on 13 February 2018, 06:46:53 pmQuote from: fazersharp on 13 February 2018, 10:31:12 amAnother one - the army and when ranks retire they are always referred to as "Colonel Mustard-retired" "wing Commander Bird - retired"How far down the ranks does that go. Are there any "Private Tommy Atkins-retired"?I could be wrong. (often am!), but I thought it was that you had to have held a field rank i.e Major or above (or equivalent i.e Lt Commander / Sqn Ldr) if it was Captain RN that's equivalent to Colonel /Group Captain!most of us rank & file just use Veteran!
New cars being fitted with with LED main lights - they are so focing bright and "glarey", compared to normal bulbs theres even that advert with the car making the fox squint - like its a feature that sels the car to nobheads cause it makes everyone squint
Quote from: fazersharp on 17 February 2018, 10:26:18 amNew cars being fitted with with LED main lights - they are so focing bright and "glarey", compared to normal bulbs theres even that advert with the car making the fox squint - like its a feature that sels the car to nobheads cause it makes everyone squint Don't get me started, and it means that said knob heads forget to turn there actual lights on in the dark.
Quote from: Skippernick on 17 February 2018, 01:36:29 pmQuote from: fazersharp on 17 February 2018, 10:26:18 amNew cars being fitted with with LED main lights - they are so focing bright and "glarey", compared to normal bulbs theres even that advert with the car making the fox squint - like its a feature that sels the car to nobheads cause it makes everyone squint Don't get me started, and it means that said knob heads forget to turn there actual lights on in the dark.Never mind lights, these automatic braking / collision avoidance systems that some new cars have, the knob heads think they don' t even have to brake or look where their going.
Bright day running lights on cars If other drivers can't see a dirty great lump of metal hurtling towards them day running lights will make no difference, but they did to bikers when we first started using them now every ones got lights on so we have become invisible again.
Yep another stupid EU ruling we did not need
What are the benefits of daytime running lights?Studies have shown that DRLs can reduce the risk of road accidents....ensuring the car is always clearly visible.
Hmmm, I'm not so sure. I wonder what kind of situations those studies were carried out in? If there were only a few cars around, I might be more inclined to believe it, but when there are millions of the things everywhere, I think they might have less effect. Same with hi-viz. It has to have something to stand out against. If everyone is wearing it, surely that effect is reduced?
QuoteHmmm, I'm not so sure. I wonder what kind of situations those studies were carried out in? If there were only a few cars around, I might be more inclined to believe it, but when there are millions of the things everywhere, I think they might have less effect. Same with hi-viz. It has to have something to stand out against. If everyone is wearing it, surely that effect is reduced? Let’s remove lights from all road vehicles and see what happens. One key thing of daylight running lights is that nobody can drive off at night without any lights whatsoever.
What are the benefits of daytime running lights?Studies have shown that DRLs can reduce the risk of road accidents.A Canadian report from 1997 showed a 5.7 per cent fall in crashes for cars with DRLs fitted, while an American study from 2000 put the figure at seven per cent. The EU didn’t investigate the issue until 2003, but suggested a likely reduction of between five and 15 per cent.
talking about bike lights that we used run and stand out in the daytime cause we were the only thing on the road in the daylight with a light (apart from volovos which were dim and yellowy ) but now our lights are lost in the sea of very bright LED DRL.
Quote Yep another stupid EU ruling we did not needPerhaps one advantage of BREXIT is that we wouldn't have had to wait till 2011 for the EU to legislate on daylight running lamps. Volvo first fitted them in 1984! What are the benefits of daytime running lights?Studies have shown that DRLs can reduce the risk of road accidents.A Canadian report from 1997 showed a 5.7 per cent fall in crashes for cars with DRLs fitted, while an American study from 2000 put the figure at seven per cent. The EU didn’t investigate the issue until 2003, but suggested a likely reduction of between five and 15 per cent.Many new cars have instruments that are always illuminated, making it harder to notice when the headlights are switched on.Daytime running lights are a useful failsafe in such cases, ensuring the car is always clearly visible.
Quote from: fazersharp on 18 February 2018, 12:14:32 pm talking about bike lights that we used run and stand out in the daytime cause we were the only thing on the road in the daylight with a light (apart from volovos which were dim and yellowy ) but now our lights are lost in the sea of very bright LED DRL.Yup, that used to be the argument when no cars ran with daytime headlights, except the aforementioned Volvos, which were heartily despised by motorcyclists anyway And motorcyclists used to get upset when daytime lights on cars did start to become more widespread, especially when a car had a faulty bulb so only had one light on: "yeah, but you might mistake it for a bike and misjudge distances in the dark!" Er, that's in the dark...Far more dangerous imo are these super-bright LED (or whatever) headlamps, and ALL headlamps if they're improperly adjusted, grrrrr!