Brighton Cyclist 900 quid down

"thirty-six" wrote
On 16 Oct, 23:17, "DavidR" wrote:

Besides, when the law was drawn up, street lamps were inferior to now yet
it
was considered sufficient to drive on 5W sidelights.

I still do where the law permits. In many cases I can see more useful
information.

Good on you. Actually this has got me wondering whether when there is
overhead light, the people that use foglights may be onto something -
providing heads are not used at the same time. The only worthwhile purpose I
can determine of using lights that cast a beam outside hours of darkness is
at a right turn with short sightlines when the wash of a hidden vehicle
might be visible.

"thirty-six" wrote in
On 19 Oct, 00:37, "DavidR" wrote:

I was shocked when I drove my mother's car recently. It has just passed
an
MoT so I assume they are set according to requirements yet they were very
high indeed, barely below horizontal on the level and as it bobbed over
bumps, the top of the beam was penetrating the distance. I'm sure that
years
ago a
setting like this would have received angry exchanges from oncoming
drivers.
So I'm not surprised that getting a faceful is so commonplace when there
must be loads of cars like this out there.


The MOT tester will sometimes adjust the headlight during the test as
a favour. Unfortunately, the conditions of testing require that an
optical box thingumejig be used and not the wall or ground.

I would hope a testing sstation is obligated to have a calibrated optical
box thingumejig.

False
settings do occur, I don't know what causes this. Best to carry the
appropriate adjusting tool and set them as best you can against a
distant wall for high beam, then further refine the setting in fog.

Fog... thinks... er 1978

On 19 Oct, 23:42, "DavidR" wrote:
"thirty-six" wrote in



On 19 Oct, 00:37, "DavidR" wrote:

I was shocked when I drove my mother's car recently. It has just passed
an
MoT so I assume they are set according to requirements yet they were very
high indeed, barely below horizontal on the level and as it bobbed over
bumps, the top of the beam was penetrating the distance. I'm sure that
years
ago a
setting like this would have received angry exchanges from oncoming
drivers.
So I'm not surprised that getting a faceful is so commonplace when there
must be loads of cars like this out there.

The MOT tester will sometimes adjust the headlight during the test as
a favour. *Unfortunately, the conditions of testing require that an
optical box thingumejig be used and not the wall or ground.

I would hope a testing sstation is obligated to have a calibrated optical
box thingumejig.

They are also supposed to know how to use them. Never mind.

False
settings do occur, I don't know what causes this. *Best to carry the
appropriate adjusting tool and set them as best you can against a
distant wall for high beam, then further refine the setting in fog.

Fog... thinks... er 1978