Lights!

We see it here all the time. Also cyclists. Please make sure you can be seen. Dark clothes on a dark road with almost non existant lights makes you virtually invisible.

phoenix its the same up hear mind am guilty of not checking mine .will do now .

Cyclists are my bugbear! The other night I was driving home when I came upon a cyclist, no lights, wearing all dark clothing. Fortunately I managed to avoid him but if another vehicle had been coming in the opposite direction I would have had the choice of hitting him or the other car! Please all cyclists, get a light, wear bright clothing - be seen!

Those North Devonians, dodgy bunch.
When DH started cycling I came on all stroppy (which is fairly rare) and said he MUST wear reflective stuff. It really does work. had to rescue him once in the middle of nowhere in the dark. Turned a corner and there in my headlights was a dazzling mardigras skeleton man.

JessM

Not just an English problem - I see people here in France with no lights well after sunset. I think they believe they will be using their battery up if they turn on their lights. I also notice that long after I feel the need to use my windscreen wipers, other motorists don't have theirs turned on. I use sidelights all the time and switch on my headlights whenever there is any mist or the light is less than perfect.

Mine come on automatically as do my wipers. They actually come on just as I'm thinking of overriding them manually!
Do you think this is psychokinesis?

I have actually flagged people down in supermarket car parks, amd stopped at very quiet crossroads in the village to get out and go and tell the driver behind me that they have a light out. Most are appreciative.

Last night, going to Lincoln and back, we saw 4 cars with only one headlight on.

My husband is a cyclist and has brilliant lights. He gets sworn at by drivers because they say he's too bright.

Well, he was bright enough to marry you, VQ, which was obviously a good move!

jeni if it is, I have it too. I don't have need of a CV now but if I did, it would be on there under 'other'

VQ Your husband wouldn't get sworn at by me - bright is good

I did read a letter in the motoring section of the DT from someone with those automatic lights who was driving in foggy conditions and had "assumed" her lights had turned themselves on and was quite miffed that they hadn't! The column chap took her to task and said that they are light sensitive, and therefore would not react to foggy conditions during day light.