OT Idiot lights-out drivers

[Ed Pawlowski]

Or he was going 110 KPH or 68 MPH. When you look as the speedometer in Germany you usually have to translate.

[Mr Macaw]

I didn't notice that. Anyway, what I said still stands - the dipped lights are for them to see with. Sidelights are enough for you to see them.

[Mr Macaw]

Nah, it's always ben like that. I think it's to do with standard of living.

[Mr Macaw]

This has nothing to do with how brightly lit an object is.

[Sam E]

[snip]

iPhone addiction.

[Mark Lloyd]

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A meter is about 39 inches (more than 3 feet). 150 meters is about 488 feet.

[Don Y]

In some cases, perhaps. But I think the overwhelming reason is laziness: "Aw, c'mon... do I REALLY have to walk all the way down THERE (to get the protections that taxpayers have paid for on behalf of pedestrian traffic)?"

[Muggles]

ahh Well Pete said it was MPH, so KPH would make a big difference. Thanks.

[clare]

One touch "up" was "outlawed" because it was too easy for a kid to get caught in a window by bumping the switch.

[clare]

Not a blank screen, but no physical needles ? - bar graph or "lit" indicators?

[Don Y]

39.37, IIRC. Multiply by 3 and add ~10% of itself: 150*3=450 10%*450=45 450+45=495ft

check:

150*39.37/12=492.125

i.e., less than 1% error

[clare]

The Americans don't "trust" the Canadians any more than the Canadians "trust" the Americans, but it doesn't come down to "trust" - it comes down to "regulations"

Does your mommy know you are using her computer?

[clare]

So you have no idea what speed you are driving, how much fuel you have, or if your car is overheating etc??? By your questions and observations I'm not really convinced you are old enough or mature enough to drive.

[Mr Macaw]

You can't follow simple reasoning. If the Americans deem a car safe, then the Canadians should accept that, and vice versa.

[clare]

You've never seen a volvo with DRLs?

Ignorance is no excuse. As a driver YOU have the responsibility of checking your vehicle and making sure it is in safe operating condition.

[Mr Macaw]

I drive at a speed sensible for the roads, I don't need to know the numerical value.

Since I only refuel about every 3 weeks, I don't have to watch that every day.

That doesn't happen often, and bad things produce a red or orange light, which would immediately be noticed out of the corner of my eye.

I drive properly, but not according to the rules.

[clare]

I spend most of my work time fixing the machines - - - -

[clare]

No software required at all for a simple "electronic flasher" like has been in common use for well over 30 years as a substitute or replacement for the simple thermal bi-metalic flasher

But an "electronic flasher" also makes the noise as part of it's basic design - only now it is a relay clicking so it is a bit quieter - and some actually "squeek" due to an oscillator that is part of the basic timer design.

On some cars, yes they still are "hardwired" Just like on some cars the ECU has nothing to do with the turn indicators.

[Mr Macaw]

My father had one decades ago, before DRL was anywhere but Sweden.

That's what I bloody said you moron. You said above that the law enforcement officers were being ignorant, which is irrelevant. Forgetting to put your lights on is as serious as having faulty ones. The net result is the same, no lights. And in fact it should be MORE serious, and in the UK it is. If I forget to wear a seatbelt, or forget to stay under the speed limit, I get a fine. If I have a bald tyre or a faulty bulb because I haven't checked it recently, I have to get it fixed within 2 weeks, but no fine.

[Mr Macaw]

But imagine those machines didn't exist and you had to do the work the machines currently do. That would take longer.