In message , at 12:06:43 on
Sun, 8 May 2011, Recliner remarked:

Don't an increasing number of cars come with automatic headlights? I've
got so used to them that I'd probably forget to switch the lights on in
a vehicle without them. Ditto with the auto-dipping rear view mirrors.

There are lots of gadgets on high-end cars (a friend has auto headlights
on a Jeep Cherokee) and I miss the auto wipers and rear view mirrors on
the Mercedes I sold in 2004. Neither of my current (nor pre-Mercedes)
cars have any of these.

What's helpful is a scheme where headlights (and sidelights) are
automatically extinguished when you turn off the ignition while the
lights are switched to driving/headlights.

That means when you start driving next time the lights will come on
without you having to play with the light switch. With the fail-safe
disadvantage that sometimes you end up driving on headlights in
daylight.
--
Roland Perry

Mike Hughes wrote:
In message , Basil Jet
writes
On 2011\05\07 11:03, Steve Firth wrote:


Which means all those tools who drive around on sidelights are not
legal.

I thought driving with sidelights was legal if the road has
streetlamps, which many motorways do.

Does not apply at speeds above 30 mph. Therefore headlights are required
under normal conditions on motorways and dual carriageways with speed
limit above 30.


Complete rubbish. There is *no* legislation that makes the use of
sidelights compulsory on roads with street lights whose speed limits
are greater than 30 mph.

Nick Finnigan wrote:

except on a road which is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81
of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Are you arguing that a motorway is such a road?

On 08/05/2011 15:46, Steve Firth wrote:
Nick wrote:

except on a road which is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81
of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Are you arguing that a motorway is such a road?

No.

On Sun, 08 May 2011 15:18:37 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Mike Hughes wrote:
In message , Basil Jet
writes
On 2011\05\07 11:03, Steve Firth wrote:


Which means all those tools who drive around on sidelights are not
legal.

I thought driving with sidelights was legal if the road has
streetlamps, which many motorways do.

Does not apply at speeds above 30 mph. Therefore headlights are required
under normal conditions on motorways and dual carriageways with speed
limit above 30.


Complete rubbish. There is *no* legislation that makes the use of
sidelights compulsory on roads with street lights whose speed limits
are greater than 30 mph.


Erm... Complete rubbish. Read the post you replied to?

--

Ian D

Ian Dalziel wrote:
On Sun, 08 May 2011 15:18:37 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Mike Hughes wrote:
In message , Basil Jet
writes
On 2011\05\07 11:03, Steve Firth wrote:


Which means all those tools who drive around on sidelights are not
legal.

I thought driving with sidelights was legal if the road has
streetlamps, which many motorways do.

Does not apply at speeds above 30 mph. Therefore headlights are required
under normal conditions on motorways and dual carriageways with speed
limit above 30.


Complete rubbish. There is *no* legislation that makes the use of
sidelights compulsory on roads with street lights whose speed limits
are greater than 30 mph.


Erm... Complete rubbish. Read the post you replied to?


I did, thank you.

Perhaps your time would be better spent reading and understanding the
Highway Code. If you can read, that is.

On Sun, 08 May 2011 21:17:43 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Ian Dalziel wrote:
On Sun, 08 May 2011 15:18:37 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Mike Hughes wrote:
In message , Basil Jet
writes
On 2011\05\07 11:03, Steve Firth wrote:


Which means all those tools who drive around on sidelights are not
legal.

I thought driving with sidelights was legal if the road has
streetlamps, which many motorways do.

Does not apply at speeds above 30 mph. Therefore headlights are required
under normal conditions on motorways and dual carriageways with speed
limit above 30.


Complete rubbish. There is *no* legislation that makes the use of
sidelights compulsory on roads with street lights whose speed limits
are greater than 30 mph.


Erm... Complete rubbish. Read the post you replied to?


I did, thank you.

Perhaps your time would be better spent reading and understanding the
Highway Code. If you can read, that is.

Oh, I can. I can read the difference between "sidelights" and
"headlights" for a start. Now go back and read the thread, ****wit.

(What legislation were you expecting to find in the Highway Code, by
the way?)

--

Ian D

Ian Dalziel wrote:
(What legislation were you expecting to find in the Highway Code, by
the way?)


You obviously haven't read and understood the relevant clause,
otherwise you would never have asked such a stupid question.

Welcome to my kill file.

On Sun, 08 May 2011 21:57:58 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Ian Dalziel wrote:
(What legislation were you expecting to find in the Highway Code, by
the way?)


You obviously haven't read and understood the relevant clause,
otherwise you would never have asked such a stupid question.


Sanity Clause, was it?

Welcome to my kill file.

Thank you, ****wit.

On Sun, 8 May 2011 13:22:35 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:
What's helpful is a scheme where headlights (and sidelights) are
automatically extinguished when you turn off the ignition while the
lights are switched to driving/headlights.

So long as it can be disabled. I might want to leave them on for any
of a number of reasons.

Neil

--
Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK