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Old Mar 18th, 2015, 23:32   #31
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Soon someone out there will think their tyres are "filled for life" too!
Well they are! like oil and wipers,brakes,bulbs........
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Old Mar 19th, 2015, 09:27   #32
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(Every sensible Volvo owner keeps his headlights or DRL's on when driving during the daytime).

Nonsense. What every sensible Volvo owner should keep on at all times is his/her brain and their common sense so they switch on their lights at the slightest hint of poor visibility rather that wasting fuel and bulbs needlessly and dazzling other drivers. It's pathetic to see cars with lights on in a perfectly clear day and another example of nanny state treating us like brainless monkeys. One size does not fit all.
As the saying goes, 'There's nothing common about sense' and from the state of some of the driving I've noticed, that someone that shouldn't have the responsibility of being in control of a shopping trolley, can legally get behind a steering wheel and drive because it allows them 'independance' and they don't necessarily need to have passed a test in this country!
The kind of muppets that don't seem to realize that by indicating, it is an act to let other road users aware of what they're doing, people that are'nt able to judge the speed of traffic, etc, etc.
Further more, when i'm out on my motorcycle, I always ride with the lights on, and strangely enough I still become a magician because I can apparently come out of f*$king nowhere!!!

So safe to say i'm with skyship, having lights on is a another way of letting all the dimwitted roadusers out there, know, that your there.
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That is the reality of our roads as we perceive it day in, day out.

DLR's can only help with one part of the problem but, as you yourself have mentioned when talking about the use of indicators, the issue is far wider.

Is decreasing the driver's responsibility the way forward??

Some in here complain about having to switch lights on when they drive a car with no DLR's. Is it really that hard??
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Old Mar 19th, 2015, 13:15   #34
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Drls or autolights should be fitted to every single vehicle at the time of manufacture. Instead they are fitting vibrating seats to wake you up if you stray from your lane.. unbelievable. Indicators are one of my pet hates.. aswell as people stopping in hashed yellow boxes on roundabouts. You can have all the bells and whistles fitted to a car but it comes down to the driver to make use of it. Nothing will change in a hurry.
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That is the reality of our roads as we perceive it day in, day out.

DLR's can only help with one part of the problem but, as you yourself have mentioned when talking about the use of indicators, the issue is far wider.

Is decreasing the driver's responsibility the way forward??

Some in here complain about having to switch lights on when they drive a car with no DLR's. Is it really that hard??
Oh I agree that the issue's faced on roads are a lot wider and decreasing driver responsibility is definitely not the way forward, but with the onwards march of technology such as anti-stall, parking sensors, lane assist, ABS, collision sensing etc, I think the inevitable will happen of driver skill deteriorating, more reliance on the car's systems to drive from A-B and more complacency thinking the car will do it all for you.

You hear about the American who put his RV in cruise control and went in back to make a cuppa thinking it would drive itself. Then blamed the RV when it crashed on a bend!!
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Wife is having lessons and was told there is no need to indicate to pass a parked vehicle!
There was me thinking that it helps the car behind understand why your swerving into oncoming traffic.

I don't understand the world anymore................
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Wife is having lessons and was told there is no need to indicate to pass a parked vehicle!
There was me thinking that it helps the car behind understand why your swerving into oncoming traffic.

I don't understand the world anymore................
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It must be true because a lot of peolpe don't do any more.
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Wife is having lessons and was told there is no need to indicate to pass a parked vehicle! .
I was told the same in 1995 while learning to drive - the logic being that cars oncoming will expect you to turn across their path if you indicate right, and will tend to move to their right to pass behind you

Which causes a head-on collision
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Is decreasing the driver's responsibility the way forward??
No, but in the days of overexposure to "road furniture", in-car stereos, "chat radio", hands-free, power steering, ABS, etc. any help we can give to other drivers is surely to be appreciated? For example, not making sudden unexpected movements in your vehicle has a very similar effect to driving with DRLs, or indicating and then moving over gently even if they don't let you in. People just switch off sometimes. Anyone who's been hypnotised (or realised they've missed their junction) will understand exactly what I mean.

If you ride a pushbike, no amount of flashing and bright lights can ensure your safety from idiots who ride to close and don't look out for cyclists, but those idiots would have a much job to argue that they didn't see you, if you were riding around like a fecking Christmas tree crossed with a lighthouse, and still got run over.

Always remember: there's no accounting for idiots.
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You hear about the American who put his RV in cruise control and went in back to make a cuppa thinking it would drive itself. Then blamed the RV when it crashed on a bend!!
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