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    Owen Smith replied to the thread EV chat.
    Why would you only want to be seen from the front but not the back? Yet that is what DRLs do.
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread EV chat.
    The sun was indeed up, but the light levels were marginal. It is 30mph zone with street lighting. The issue was made far worse by all...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    I'm with you 100% on that. A complex junction in Portishead was made a free-for-all – try negotiating a series of roundabouts and...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    If they were too dim they would be of no use in daylight (I presume their purpose is to be seen). They're just dim-witted anyway.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    Lighting is required before sunrise and after sunset. Sidelights (parking lights) are permitted for 30 minutes before sunrise or after...
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread EV chat.
    Then DRLs are stupidly specified. If the powers that be want lights at the front only they should be so dim that no-one can possibly...
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread EV chat.
    Walking home for half an hour at dusk this evening, 9 out of 10 cars were showing lights at the front but not the rear. Seems clear to...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread EV chat.
    Then they would not be DRLs. I cannot think of any purpose for them; if the idea is in case the driver is too stupid to put the lights...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    Indeed. Modern cars are designed for the PlayStation generation, the rest of us want simple analogue controls.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    You must be joking. I predict that pedestrians and cyclists (etc) will take advantage of self-driving cars not killing them that they...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    Only if an exit slip counts! No That's why I mentioned it.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Media mistakes.
    Off the top of my head the Sun's photosphere is about 5,000K (that's the reason the colour-temperature of daylight is 5,000º). I'm only...
  • RobH1
    RobH1 reacted to mumble_myopia's post in the thread Driving and Roads with Like Like.
    I got frightened and really p1ssed off with my Driver Kill Assist adjusting my direction because of longtitudinal pot holes (or...
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    Owen Smith replied to the thread Sagemcom BT/EE TV Box Pro.
    Later HDR Fox T2 firmware handles this better than earlier versions, basically Humax found things out while working on YouView. It asks...
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    mumble_myopia replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    I got frightened and really p1ssed off with my Driver Kill Assist adjusting my direction because of longtitudinal pot holes (or...
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