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Thread Author: VxFan	Replies: 19

New Thu 10 Nov 16 13:49   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - VxFan

Police in southern China are punishing drivers who dazzle other road users with full-beam headlights by making them stare into the lights for a minute. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37847056 Let's hope it catches on here with fog light misusers, but use high powered lasers to shine into their eyes. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 14:03   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - madf

How about those who shine lase beams at passenger aircraft and their pilots...? :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 16:10   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Dog

>>but use high powered lasers to shine into their eyes. That might not be a good idea actually. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 16:12   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - legacylad

As Cornwall said in KL ( that's King Lear, not Kirkby Lonsdale) '' out, vile jelly'' Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 17:44   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - madf

>> >>but use high powered lasers to shine into their eyes. >> >> That might not be a good idea actually. >> "BA pilot's eye damaged by 'military' laser shone into cockpit at Heathrow" tinyurl.com/hbdz4za (Guardian) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 18:12   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - John Boy

>> >>but use high powered lasers to shine into their eyes. >> >> That might not be a good idea actually. >> Very true: tinyurl.com/hrac9lr Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 10 Nov 16 20:39   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - movilogo

>> Let's hope it catches on here with fog light misusers Do the front fog lights really dazzle nowadays? In most modern cars they are just another lights and being nearer to the ground I don't find them (of oncoming cars) that much irritating compared to full beam headlights. Rear fog lights do dazzle me though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 01:59   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - VxFan

>> Do the front fog lights really dazzle nowadays? They do if the road is wet. Plus the clue is in the name. Fog lights. i.e. for use only when it is foggy (or when visibility is less than 100 mtrs) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 08:05   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Crankcase

It's only going to be matter of time, probably not much, before "auto fogs" become a thing. Either switching on and off as visibility changes, or perhaps at least warning in some way they shouldn't be on (or should). Loads of cars now have cameras to detect "stuff", so 100m visibility margins can't be hard to add. For all I know it's already there, actually, on an S-class or something. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 13:22   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - movilogo

I can switch on front foglamps in my car even when headlight is off. Previously I tought one can't switch on fog lamps without headlamps being on first. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 14:06   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - VxFan

>> I can switch on front foglamps in my car even when headlight is off. Or are they your DRLs? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 15:52   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - movilogo

Not DRL, proper fog lamps. Since then I observed that it is possible in many other cars. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 17:00   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - bathtub tom

>> Not DRL, proper fog lamps. Since then I observed that it is possible in many >> other cars. My last car, a 2003 Nissan, would let me turn on the fog lamps with just the sidelights on. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 14:13   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Cliff Pope

>> I can switch on front foglamps in my car even when headlight is off. Previously >> I tought one can't switch on fog lamps without headlamps being on first. >> I thought that was the whole point of foglights - they replace ordinary headlights. The theory as I always understood was that fog lights have a very flat cut-off so the beam doesn't simply reflect off the fog but illuminates the road underneath it. Even dipped headlights do cast a higher light which can be annoying and counter-productive in fog. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Nov 16 17:10   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Slidingpillar

Doesn't work for every car, but if you have a broad range of headlight hights on manually adjusted ones, full beam set as low as it will go, is often as good as pukka fog lights. Worth a try, works for Defenders with the factory towing kit. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Nov 16 12:54   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Harleyman

On a slightly different (though related) tack; I'm increasingly seeing cars driving on motorways after dusk with DRL's on but not rear lights. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Nov 16 13:05   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - Cliff Pope

>> I'm increasingly seeing cars driving on motorways after >> dusk with DRL's on but not rear lights. >> Why aren't they automatically linked? Pioneered by Volvo decades ago. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Nov 16 16:31   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - CGNorwich

It's easy to forget to switch on lights at dusk in well lit streets. Best to leave it to the car and leave the lightis on "Auto" setting if your car has it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Nov 16 17:39   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - VxFan

>> It's easy to forget to switch on lights at dusk in well lit streets Especially if the instrument binnacle is illuminated as soon as the key is turned. It gives the impression your lights are on as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Nov 16 23:21   China - full beam drivers punished by dazzling - henry k

>> >> It's easy to forget to switch on lights at dusk in well lit streets >> >> Especially if the instrument binnacle is illuminated as soon as the key is turned. >> It gives the impression your lights are on as well. >> When driving my daughter's Yaris at dusk I was for a short while perplexed why other drivers were flashing their lights? Me? Radar trap ahead ? Sorry and thanks guys and girls. Reply to this message | Report message