Question about Police beacons (w.yorks)
Discussion
I was on me way to work t'other morning coming off of the Drighlington bypass heading up towards the top end of Morley (nr Victoria Shell station) when I saw a Police car had pulled someone over.
Now the beacons were flashing along with all other lights, but my question is this:
Are these lights safe to be flashing so intensley at 06:30 in the morning??
As I went past I was temprarily blinded and had to pull over
The lad I work with told me he had the same problem after passing the very same scene and both my father and mother told me it happened to them near Stanningly at night
They're bloody bright
Opinions lads?
obviously this isnt bitching aimed at our fine upstanding police officers, merely an observation
Now the beacons were flashing along with all other lights, but my question is this:
Are these lights safe to be flashing so intensley at 06:30 in the morning??
As I went past I was temprarily blinded and had to pull over
The lad I work with told me he had the same problem after passing the very same scene and both my father and mother told me it happened to them near Stanningly at night
They're bloody bright
Opinions lads?
obviously this isnt bitching aimed at our fine upstanding police officers, merely an observation
They would appear to be bright because you looked directly at them.
Old tip and this applies when blinding headlamps from approaching car......look beyond the light and not at it.
Test this out by looking at a 60 w light bulb from about 3 feet. Look at the light -bright Look beyond not as bright.
dvd
Old tip and this applies when blinding headlamps from approaching car......look beyond the light and not at it.
Test this out by looking at a 60 w light bulb from about 3 feet. Look at the light -bright Look beyond not as bright.
dvd
Agree with DVD, when faced with bright oncoming lights I also turn my head slightl and look along the kerb. This means that light from the bright lights are hitting a part of the retina which is not so sensitive.
One other thought is that unlike beacons where the light from your perspective increases and decreases in intensity as the beam direction turns towars you, the modern LEDs go from off to full on in a fraction of a second. Thus it may also be a contrast effect.
Drighlington eh!!! Blimey spent some hours in Morley boozers.
One other thought is that unlike beacons where the light from your perspective increases and decreases in intensity as the beam direction turns towars you, the modern LEDs go from off to full on in a fraction of a second. Thus it may also be a contrast effect.
Drighlington eh!!! Blimey spent some hours in Morley boozers.
it's not only Police Cars that cause this problem. I travel the motorway system a lot at night and the main problem is with road maintainance vehicles. You can come acroos 4 or 5 of them with their warning lights all flashing. The motorway matrix signs have detectors in them which dim the intensity when dark - high intensity warning lamps need the same they are designed to stand out in strong sunlight.
We used to have Stingrays on the motorway range rovers and by god they were bright. I find LEDs draw the eye a bit more than strobes and bulbs. I was at a job a while back directing traffic - very dark - RPU turn up with their shiny new Volvo fitted with LED light bar and suddenly I can see a lot better - just in 5hz (or whatever) flashes 
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