Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NO POLITICS!

[darrsi]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg275712#msg275712 date=1518956072]
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  :lol
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!
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That's what i notice a lot of nowadays, cars parked up on the level at the side of the road and these brighter lights seem to be aimed straight into my eyes, i dunno how they get through MOT's.
There was a woman at work a few months back whose car failed its MOT with incorrectly adjusted lights and was moaning about it but i pointed out how bloody dangerous they can be at night for other road users, but are also not doing a decent enough job for her to see the road clearly either, and when there are so many potholes about it's very important to see ahead of you.