"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Nightjar
wrote:
On 22/05/2013 08:45, fred wrote:
On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:55:37 AM UTC+1, John Williamson wrote:
Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Mike
Barnes writes
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A friend of mine does that. I've never plucked up the courage to ask
him why. I did once query his use of sidelights at dusk, but it
didn't get me anywhere.

Defensive? Minor aid to help others know you are there?

I find just sidelights to be useless unless it's dark, in which case,
you need headlights anyway. Dipped headlights, Scandinavian style
driving lights or nothing. Sidelights only make you *think* that
others can see you better.

I prefer to call side lights parking lights which is all they should be
used for anyway.

In the legislation they are called position lights, a name that probably
dates back to when you could have the headlights close together, as in
Mk1 Land Rovers. To anybody in the habit of using them by themselves in
a built-up area, once a common practice, a parking light probably means
a single bulb lamp, showing white in one direction and red in the other,
that you clipped over the top of the door window when parking at night.

my father's one had an electromagnet, so it stuck to the side of teh car
when plugged in.


And the battery wasn't flat in the morning ... ?

Arfa


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