new car safety concern

[magpies]

Have you noticed the number of new cars being driven at dusk/night with no lights on because the dash light come on with the ignition. It used to prompt people to turn on lights when they could not see the gauges when it starts to get dark. Definately a step backwards.

edited out some spelling mistakes

Edited by magpies on Sunday 9th May 19:44

[edo]

magpies said:

Have you noticed the number of new cars being driven at duk/night with no lights on because the dash light come on with the ignition. It used to prompt people to turn on lights when they could not see the gauges when it starts to get dark. Deffinately a step backwards.

It is only a step back for those who shouldn't really have a licence...

[redstu]

Happened to me in a hire car! The previous week I had a car with auto lights, the following week I had a primera, dash lights came on so I thought the lights had. It was about 6 in the morning so I could see anyway but would normally have had lights on, it took about 10 mins before I realised I had no lights.

Edited by redstu on Sunday 9th May 17:44

[L1AM]

Yes, I was flashing someone doing this while I was driving behind them. When they merged onto the unlit motorway it gave them a little clue!