On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:44:00 -0000, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

On 02/13/2016 12:26 PM, Mr Macaw wrote:

Just about pulled out in front of a car with lights out early this
morning.
Not even parking lights. A few seconds earlier...

Why do these people drive with lights out? Save gas - engine runs
easier
without generating electricity for lights? Seems I've seen many more of
them in the past year for some reason.

Breeding more of them in your area too?

Sorry to bother you all. Had to vent somewhere.

If you can't see an unlit car, you need to either see an optician or
stop driving immediately. When I see someone like that I just flash to
remind them to put them on.

I am reminded of some drivers in the UK 60 years ago (when I don't think
the law yet prescribed *what* lights were to be used after "lighting up
time") who insisted on driving on unlit roads with only parking lights
on and said, "If you can't see with parking lights on, you shouldn't be
driving."

That would be me. I use sidelights in a streetlit area at night. And
do you know what? Never been pulled over for it. Dipped lights are for
you to see. You do not need a bright light to see the light. You use
bright lights to illuminate other objects.

You are talking about "a streetlit area." I was taking about UNlit areas.

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.

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