Warning Lights - following previous post
Discussion
Just a little point of interest here.
During the dark winter months.....or during general darkness for that matter, its amazing how many vehicles you pull up alongside in rush hour traffic that have a Red Warning light illuminated on the dash.
Obviously, it could be something simple like the h/brake has not been disengaged properly or a slipping fanbelt/alternator trouble.
However, sometimes its a brake problem. When you patrol during the 'dark hours' it is something that i /we pick up on and it happens a lot more than you can imagine.
It probably wont be too long before 'Gatsos' and the like have a camera to detect this
During the dark winter months.....or during general darkness for that matter, its amazing how many vehicles you pull up alongside in rush hour traffic that have a Red Warning light illuminated on the dash.
Obviously, it could be something simple like the h/brake has not been disengaged properly or a slipping fanbelt/alternator trouble.
However, sometimes its a brake problem. When you patrol during the 'dark hours' it is something that i /we pick up on and it happens a lot more than you can imagine.
It probably wont be too long before 'Gatsos' and the like have a camera to detect this
Do you mean when the cars are moving or when they're stationary? When I'm parked in a queue my handbrake will be on which will illuminate a red warning light.
If they're actually fault lights then I'm suprised and concerned by what you say. I do wish people wouldn't rely on the annual mot/service to pick up on problems. Pretty much everyone I know who isn't a car enthusiast does that.
In my opinion that would be more useful for road safety than the current "safety cameras" which use your speed as an indication of whether you are likely to kill anybody or not.
A car with dodgy brakes or tyre pressure is more dangerous than a properly maintained car that is driving at speeds above the posted limit.
Edited to add some on-topic discussion
>> Edited by Bonce on Monday 19th April 12:57
If they're actually fault lights then I'm suprised and concerned by what you say. I do wish people wouldn't rely on the annual mot/service to pick up on problems. Pretty much everyone I know who isn't a car enthusiast does that.
tonyrec said:
It probably wont be too long before 'Gatsos' and the like have a camera to detect this
In my opinion that would be more useful for road safety than the current "safety cameras" which use your speed as an indication of whether you are likely to kill anybody or not.
A car with dodgy brakes or tyre pressure is more dangerous than a properly maintained car that is driving at speeds above the posted limit.
Edited to add some on-topic discussion
>> Edited by Bonce on Monday 19th April 12:57
I'm surprised how many cars there are on the roads with defective lights, often quite new looking cars too. Don't people ever check their cars any more? But what really scares me is the number of cars with underinflated tyres. I seem to see these every few days. There was one on the way in today with the tyre almost completely flat, starting to smoke and still doing 70 mph in lane 1. Driver was fixated on the end of his bonnet and I couldn't get his attention so I left him to it, wonder how big an accident it caused when it went though?
I was stopped in a queue of traffic once, squinting into the glare of the rear fogs on the car in front. Since it was a clear, dry, night and the queue was going nowhere, I climbed out, tapped on the driver's window and asked him to switch the fogs off. He replied "This car doesn't have rear fogs". I pointed at the warning light/switch on the dashboard, he poked it and the light(s) went out. "Oh," he said, "I wondered what that light meant".
And these people have driving licenses.
And these people have driving licenses.
I think there must genuinly be some people out there who don't notice the warning lights, well judging by the amount of people who drive around with their fog lights on anyway.
Came up behind a Rover 75 with his rear fogs on last night whom I flashed a few times(no funny remarks please
). He then worked it out, turned off his fogs and flashed his hazards, I presume to thank me....which was nice.
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Came up behind a Rover 75 with his rear fogs on last night whom I flashed a few times(no funny remarks please
). He then worked it out, turned off his fogs and flashed his hazards, I presume to thank me....which was nice. B
bennyboysvuk said:
I think there must genuinly be some people out there who don't notice the warning lights, well judging by the amount of people who drive around with their fog lights on anyway.
Came up behind a Rover 75 with his rear fogs on last night whom I flashed a few times(no funny remarks please
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Its rare but does happen.
Most of the time they will think you are being an @r$e and will chase you down the road making "im going to murder you" motions
Think a PA system on the front of the car may be in order
WILL THE T**T IN FRONT PLEASE TURN YOUR FOGLIGHTS OFF. ITS NOT FOGGY YOU ****! woodytvr said:
Indeed.
What's the crack with that? I'm sure it's urban myth but I once heard that if you can find fault with a police car that has pulled you over they can't continue to charge you.
If im being honest now...as i always am.In my opinion, Police cars are not as well maintained.......and by that i mean clean etc etc as they were 15 years ago.
If we see a Panda car with a light out, we would advise the driver etc but with modern cars, the dash will probably tell you that anyway.
As for the last part of your question.....its an urban myth.
But saying that, if i stopped someone with a dodgy light and i had one too, i would mention it and ask him to get a new bulb, as thats what i would be doing next.
Noway would i report anyone for a dodgy position lamp unless id warned them and still saw it driving around some days later in the same condition.
greenv8s said:
I'm surprised how many cars there are on the roads with defective lights, often quite new looking cars too. Don't people ever check their cars any more? But what really scares me is the number of cars with underinflated tyres. I seem to see these every few days. There was one on the way in today with the tyre almost completely flat, starting to smoke and still doing 70 mph in lane 1. Driver was fixated on the end of his bonnet and I couldn't get his attention so I left him to it, wonder how big an accident it caused when it went though?
I'll never forget the Mini I saw coming down the Bath Road in Worcester with one rear brake seized on and the wheel not rotating at all, going SKREEEEEEEE and smoking...
Ive only got one warning light on the kwack and if that comes on during a hoon i guess it will be shortly followed by a bang 
no money is spared though on the kwacks maintenance . it may look a shed someday due to the lack of the bodywork meeting a spong but it is looked after to the highest order , and the car
Worst thing ive noticed is the ammount of VW's and vauxhalls that go around with just the hi level brake light working , i know for a fact in the astra it throws the engine management light on as it happened to me .
no money is spared though on the kwacks maintenance . it may look a shed someday due to the lack of the bodywork meeting a spong but it is looked after to the highest order , and the car
Worst thing ive noticed is the ammount of VW's and vauxhalls that go around with just the hi level brake light working , i know for a fact in the astra it throws the engine management light on as it happened to me .
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