Amber lights on the side of trucks

[S70JPS]

Why do lorries have amber lights down the sides? You overtake one and then st yourself halfway up when one of these little sts catches the corner of your eye

[f1dget]

They are marker lights.

You'd get more of a fright if you ran into the side of one at night without them.

[Cock Womble 7]

f1dget said:

They are marker lights.

You'd get more of a fright if you ran into the side of one at night without them.

Yep, legal requirement to stop stupid car drivers messing up our paintwork.

[powwerr]

S70JPS said:

You overtake one and then st yourself halfway up when one of these little sts catches the corner of your eye

No you dont. are you just being a silly sausage?

[Fun Bus]

What a random rant to have. CW7 has answered as I would have done.

[Cock Womble 7]

powwerr said:

S70JPS said:

You overtake one and then st yourself halfway up when one of these little sts catches the corner of your eye

No you dont. are you just being a silly sausage?

Actually, I have seen at least one lorry that clearly had these wired up to the indicators.

Not sure if this is a good idea or not.

[powwerr]

Cock Womble 7 said:

powwerr said:

S70JPS said:

You overtake one and then st yourself halfway up when one of these little sts catches the corner of your eye

No you dont. are you just being a silly sausage?

Actually, I have seen at least one lorry that clearly had these wired up to the indicators.

Not sure if this is a good idea or not.

Tbh, i think i may have seen that before myself but clearly you wouldnt make a move to pass it if you seen it flashing.

[Cock Womble 7]

powwerr said:

Tbh, i think i may have seen that before myself but clearly you wouldnt make a move to pass it if you seen it flashing.

Exactly. In terms of visibility, there's no doubting his intentions. I'm just not sure of the legalities of having flashing marker lights.

[Flanders.]

I've even got them on the side of my Van. fk yeah.

[chrissyr32]

Flanders. said:

I've even got them on the side of my Van. fk yeah.

[v64paul]

Most fuel tankers have at least one combination marker/indicator lamp along the side (trailer). In addition the side marker lamps also have reflectors built into the lenses. They aint optional. Anything that increases visibility has to be good surely.

[Fun Bus]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Exactly. In terms of visibility, there's no doubting his intentions. I'm just not sure of the legalities of having flashing marker lights.

We've just started trialling them on new 'tear-drop' trailers which are on order. Looked quite odd as I saw one coming across the yard with the hazards showing - very striking though.

The 'we' is DHL by the way so I have no doubt it's legal to do.

[S70JPS]

It's not that the lights are there I understand their use what annoys is the fact that they are amber. It would be better if they were a different colour.

[williamp]

S70JPS said:

It's not that the lights are there I understand their use what annoys is the fact that they are amber. It would be better if they were all different colours.

EFA. Yeah disco lights! That'll soften the image of truck drivers!

[yorkieboy]

What reputation do truckers have?

[Waugh-terfall]

What happens if you overtake a Volvo S40/V40?

[EDLT]

powwerr said:

S70JPS said:

You overtake one and then st yourself halfway up when one of these little sts catches the corner of your eye

No you dont. are you just being a silly sausage?

Maybe he looked at them while blinking and thought it was the light flashing.

[grumpy52]

wait till you see them wired to a strobe setup like the latest spec emergency stuff and the people at the scene are wearing hi-viz suits with built in strobe loops its like something from a cheep sci-fi film !

[Mafioso]

Waugh-terfall said:

What happens if you overtake a Volvo S40/V40?

The universe implodes...

[lost in espace]

Are new trucks requiring DRL's under EU regs?