Automatic lights
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Nearly completely dark, car in front with no rear lights on, at some traffic lights I knocked on his window and said do you know you have no rear lights on. He said, its ok they are automatic and come on when it gets dark. I said they clearly dont work, it is dark you need to use a switch.... he ignored me and carried on driving
His front drivers lights were on but nothing at the rear
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
His front drivers lights were on but nothing at the rear
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
SydneyBridge said:
Nearly completely dark, car in front with no rear lights on, at some traffic lights I knocked on his window and said do you know you have no rear lights on. He said, its ok they are automatic and come on when it gets dark. I said they clearly dont work, it is dark you need to use a switch.... he ignored me and carried on driving
His front drivers lights were on but nothing at the rear
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
You actually got out of your car at traffic lights and knocked on his window ?His front drivers lights were on but nothing at the rear
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
TwigtheWonderkid said:
SydneyBridge said:
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
I do, because mine work fine. They come on as soon as it gets remotely dull. Happened to me once on the motorway.
I had turned on my indicators and accidentally turned the auto lights off. Having DRLs, to me, from the drivers seat, it seemed OK. Only the 3rd flash from behind made me check. It was too easy to accidentally turn the stalk dial to off.
Weirdly when I was 17 and recently passed my test I popped into the local town to pick up my parents. I parked, turned off, waited, picked them up then drove off; under street lights. Copper pulled me and said I had no lights on. I had done nothing wrong as there were streetlights but when drove to an area of no streetlights I needed to turn them on.
Never knew I didn't need to use them in an area with streetlights
I had turned on my indicators and accidentally turned the auto lights off. Having DRLs, to me, from the drivers seat, it seemed OK. Only the 3rd flash from behind made me check. It was too easy to accidentally turn the stalk dial to off.
Weirdly when I was 17 and recently passed my test I popped into the local town to pick up my parents. I parked, turned off, waited, picked them up then drove off; under street lights. Copper pulled me and said I had no lights on. I had done nothing wrong as there were streetlights but when drove to an area of no streetlights I needed to turn them on.
Never knew I didn't need to use them in an area with streetlights
livinginasia said:
I would add of course, the number of people relying on auto headlights have no idea that they need to turn them on in fog or rain……
Yes, annoyingly I can have my lights on auto and wipers on auto - yet the ECU doesn't think to say "hrm, it's raining, lets be pro-active and throw the lights on". In my mind the two should be linked! This is on a KIA btw, YMMV with other manufacturers.Cyberprog said:
Yes, annoyingly I can have my lights on auto and wipers on auto - yet the ECU doesn't think to say "hrm, it's raining, lets be pro-active and throw the lights on". In my mind the two should be linked! This is on a KIA btw, YMMV with other manufacturers.
VW and some others do switch the lights on after the auto wipers have started.TwigtheWonderkid said:
SydneyBridge said:
How can people like this get in a car snd manage to drive and rely on 'automatic' lights...
I do, because mine work fine. They come on as soon as it gets remotely dull. They have different sensitivity settings. But in pitch black even with the lowest sensitivity setting they should have came on. Danger is they could be switched off altogether on the stalk and it would take a duly observant driver to notice the lights weren’t on when they ought to be.
surveyor said:
I have fallen foul of the autolight hole, and it’s always when the bloody workshop have turned the autolights off..
Exactly this. For 1 day a year (the day after the MOT!) I always drive around with no lights, until I get flashed a couple of times.
The other 364 days of the year I never touch the light switch.
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