Four firsts for me today

[hueandcry71]

First number 1 was going for a drive during my lunch

First number 2 was driving a Lotus for the first time with the headlights on, i never kept the last Lotus long enough to see the dark.

First number 3 was driving the Lotus in the rain.

First number 4 was turning the stereo off cos i preferred listening to the engine. Granted i did have a David Gray CD in..:

[NathanE]

Welcome to the fold

Yes my lights are shite too, I'm thinking some uprated bulbs might sort it out but maybe need HIDs as well.

You should have drove one in the torrential rain of this summer. I'd only had mine 3 weeks and was thrust straight into the worst weather for years It's not as bad as people make out IMO. Just don't be a silly bugger!

[hueandcry71]

NathanE said:

Welcome to the fold

Yes my lights are shite too, I'm thinking some uprated bulbs might sort it out but maybe need HIDs as well.

You should have drove one in the torrential rain of this summer. I'd only had mine 3 weeks and was thrust straight into the worst weather for years It's not as bad as people make out IMO. Just don't be a silly bugger!

I didnt find the lights too bad to be honest although some idiot decided to run across the road right in front of me and i didnt see him till late.Never hit him though which is a bonus. I wouldnt have seen him in any other car either cos im likr Mr Magoo in the dark.

With regards to the rain, i need someone to passenger with me to tell me if im driving too cautious whether wet or not. I defo have to book some training ASAP.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Lights - they aren't too bad if you've not got anyone coming towards you, if there is and they have lights on, you're stuffed because theirs will be just at your head height and you can see sod all. Going to put HIDs on my dipped I think, as I've just done 1.5 hours in the dark with lots of traffic coming the other way on twisty roads (not good when you can't see).

[hueandcry71]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Lights - they aren't too bad if you've not got anyone coming towards you, if there is and they have lights on, you're stuffed because theirs will be just at your head height and you can see sod all. Going to put HIDs on my dipped I think, as I've just done 1.5 hours in the dark with lots of traffic coming the other way on twisty roads (not good when you can't see).

forgive my naivety but what do HIDs do to prevent lights coming towards you dazzling you?? Please dont tell me HIDs are sunglasses !!!

[kambites]

After my Corrado the lights on the Elise seem phenomenal to me. I'm always worried that they are going to dazzle people because they're so bright.

[Hollywood Wheels]

hueandcry71 said:

First number 2 was driving a Lotus for the first time with the headlights on, i never kept the last Lotus long enough to see the dark.

Headlights are ALWAYS on when driving, day or night, people don't see you otherwise....

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

They don't see you with them on either it seems. Had two or three incidents of people pulling out on me, two in daylight with lights on, one in pitch black with lights on - pulled out about 100yds in front of me when I was doing 60. I could see him, so he could deffinately have seen me (no obstructions etc.)

[whygee02]

Hollywood Wheels said:

hueandcry71 said:

First number 2 was driving a Lotus for the first time with the headlights on, i never kept the last Lotus long enough to see the dark.

Headlights are ALWAYS on when driving, day or night, people don't see you otherwise....

Me too, started doing this when the days got a bit shorter, if nothing else hopefully it'll help prevent a lorry driving over me.

Dunno where it stands with the BiB but my lights are always on these days when driving.

[S Works]

I run with sidelights on all the time.

[miro]

I bought a Bright orange car ... Try and claim you didnt see me now .. Mwhahaha oh and i mostly have me side lights on too . Need to do something about dips at night .. cant see shit

[Esprit]

I never found my lights too bad.. the S1 Elise was okay, the Exige suffers a tiny bit with the headlight covers though, but still not bad.... the main beams as always are brilliant! Hooray for driving lights

[jondude]

[quote=hueandcry71][quote=NathanE]Welcome to the fold


I didnt find the lights too bad to be honest although some idiot decided to run across the road right in front of me and i didnt see him till late.Never hit him though which is a bonus. I wouldnt have seen him in any other car either cos im likr Mr Magoo in the dark.


I think a big problem is we don't get to drive too much in the dark, then suddenly, because Scottish farmers can't be arsed to chaneg their routines, we are all plunged into mass darkness at the flick of a switch.

It does take some re-training to drive in constant dark conditions, and throw in some rain as well and we are all pretty crap at doing it.

Apparently Friday afternoons in the dark season are by far the most dangerous times to be on our roads. Tired drivers wishing to get home quickly, but they have not trained themselves to look. They can see, but they ain't looking.

Leaving the clocks alone wouldn't solve all problems completely, but it would really help loads of drivers and save a few hundred lives a year, according to the wisemen.