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As we are going on an extended trip to France soon, I rang the CC's foreign travel dept yesterday to enquire about the experiment using dipped headlights all the time in daylight outside built-up areas. I'm pleased to say that it finishes at the end of April. The normal requirement to use d/h in rain and/or bad weather continues, of course.

Graham  

This sort of thing makes me laugh...

No one around here has been sticking to the 'test'...

We only heard about on here (UKCS)

Why are so many people against having headlights on all the time?  This is the rule in Sweden and Norway and it really does make a difference to how soon you can spot approaching vehicles.

i should have thought that if you can't see a car coming the other way in normal daylight conditions then you shouldn't be driving????

bad weather etc is a different matter.

Sue and John, I am not talking about seeing a car coming when it is within normal eyesight distance but rather much further away, especially on long straight roads when wanting to overtake it makes a big difference to safety if you can spot cars that are maybe quite far away but approaching quickly.  Also consider how difficult it is to see a grey or dark coloured car on a grey road surface, especially if you have the sun against you or if it is a bit murky. As swanseajack said it also makes it much easier for pedestrians to see you.  Always amazed how reluctant some drivers are to put their lights on in reduced visibility.  If you have them on all the time then this problem does not arise.

So I repeat.......WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE AGAINST IT????

So I repeat.......WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE AGAINST IT????

it's not that i have anything against it i was just voicing an opinion , i think that if people drove with a little more caution and not on the phone/doing makeup etc. ( i actually watched a woman drinking a cup of coffee in a china cup and saucer a couple of weeks ago!!) , this would make far more difference.....the amount of times i've had to swerve cos a cars heading straight at me ( on the phone) i just don't think that dipped lights in normal circumstances would make that much difference.

Quote: Originally posted by swanseajack on 06/04/2005

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 I HAVE ALLWAYS USED DIPPED HEADLIGHTS HERE IN UK FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS OR SO. MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE OLDER GENERATION PEDESTRIANS TO SEE YOU WHEN CROSSING ROAD

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I think you have been driving around Port Talbot too long!

According to thisfrenchlife.com the trial has now been extended through the summer.

Bikers are protesting, as they feel that their safety is compromised, as they like to stand out from other road users by using lights during the day. If everyone does it the effectiveness is lessened.