P plate training ...not

I live across the road from a popular harbourside parking spot.

It is staggering the number of cars that reverse out of their spots and
drive off...stereo blaring....

And with NO driving lights on..


Worse... I cannot recall one car being anything BUT a P PLATE driver.

So what do they teach in driving school these days ???

Clearly not lights on...maybe Oz Design rules need to be rejigged...lights
come on when stereo goes on.

bloody idiots...gawd knows what else is wrong with their driving...

 

And? What's the problem?

 

I don't see any problem there, You'll hear them coming befor you'll see
there lights if they're on anyway.

Aido. >

 

sheesh...at least don;t quote out of context....

You don't have P plates as well do you ?

"And with no lights on..." does that help?

 

What 's the problem with no driving lights on
you appear to be in a suburban surrounding and why does anyone need driving
lights on in the suburbs?
Driving lights on cars, especially Subarus and Holden utes need to have
their driving lights struipped off their cars,
the majority of the driving lights are misaligned so they dazzle and add
glare to oncoming drivers, which in law is ILLEGAL
you are not allowed to drive a vehicle which has headlights that create a
hazard to oncoming drivers
and dickhead idiot drivers of other cars which don't have driving lights
come as standard equipment or optional eqipment are going to Super Cheap and
getting "driving lights" installed so they can look as much of a dickhead as
their mates.
Some of these driving lights are actual spotlights, some are even larger
than the original headlights ( Subaru ) and when they are on as well as
headlights.....

I always thought that it was an Australian design rule that Australian
regisered cars, no matter which state you were in, bans any more than two
headlights on when facing oncoming traffic.

Pity that Shane and Spooky from the Highway patrol aren't in this newsgroup
any more, they could shed light on this subject

 

What is this idiocy about headlights.
headlights in daylight do nothing except waste fuel.
Once some stats were kept. it was found that a very small effect was
seen untill more people did did it then it ceased to have an effect.
(same thing will happen if they mandate reversing beepers in cars)
The human mind tends to ignore things if they become commonplace

 

Do tell, how?

Hammo

 

[crinkles brow] err; by providing extra load on the engine.....
(Is this a trick question?)

 

You get nothing for nothing

 

~
and you get 110 watts for half a kilowatt or so!

 

Well, Duh! Hammo. Lights use electrickery. Electrikery is drained from
the battery. The alternator needs to replace electrickery in the
battery. The extra work from the alternator uses up more fuel from the
engine to drive it.

How's THAT for logic?
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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]


'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181

 

Shane and Spooky shedding light on anything? must the wrong news
group.
Bill_h

 

In the city, you get doof-doof kiddies who show off their
individuality by putting wings, neon lights and oversized alloy wheels
on their cars so that they'll look just like their mates.

In the country, you get hillbilly kiddies who show off their
individuality by putting Caterpillar mudflaps, giant RM Williams
stickers, 10-foot CB radio antennas and half a dozen floodlights on
their utes...so that they'll look just like their mates.


BTH

 

My alternator keeps my battery at a full charge, which means it must be
providing more charge than I actually use, all the time, which means
that any charge required for accessories like lights and radio is being
produced all the time, regardless of whether or not I'm actually using
them, which means that no more fuel is required.

How's that for logic?

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

um...I was talkin about headlights AT NIGHT.

P platers dont appear to follow a logical startup/checklist before driving
off.

Get 50 -100 metres down the road before "oh my gawd oh ma gawd i cant see"

 

driving with no headlights on at NIGHT is ...um...stoopid...and dangerous
for other traffic who cannot see an oncoming car (turning from side
street...whatever..)

Apart from the driver cannot see the dashboard instruments...
perhaps they couldnt give a bugga about seeing what speed they drive at?

 

Where does the electricity go when it is wasted?

Boxer

 

Yep; you're right (Nev). I forgot about modern "shunt-to-earth" bike
regulators.
Still; we WERE talking cars and I don't think they generally do that do
they?

 

Hondas use a seat-heater.
It's small and black and when they're doing their job they put out a lovely
warm glow.
Look for the letters "r e g u l a t o r" on the casing.....

 

I have a little Honda in the garage, although it will take some time to
learn how to lift the seat.

Boxer

(Going to Karuah Clem)