Night Driving - Overtaking

Hmm, i remember when roads had edge lines as well, guess it costs too much. I too am continually frustrated with morons who refuse to dip when coming towards you or have such poor headlight alignment that i wonder how they can see where they are going, not to mention blinding you in the mirrors when following. The jack has a spottie mounted on the rear bumper for reversing in the scrub at night (best mod yet) as far as the law is concerned it is a work light / camping light. but if someone has the high beams on 10 meters behind me they soom get the message by a quick little flash. I'm sure that most don't do it deliberatly, like you said the poor buggers were never taught properly in the first place. The powers to be assume everyone drives on lit roads and streets, and as long as you can do a three point turn and pay the man you get a ticket to ride.. The gov't should be sponsoring drivers young and old to go to a defensive course at DECA etc. would save lots of lives and hassles. Moo... everyone knows what a Jackaroo looks like :-)

you can just about tell city drivers, they drive for miles on low beam then if they do find high beam they have to be reminded by a blink by on comming trafic that their on highbeam. they then drop speed untill next passing lane where they speed up to 130 so you can not pass then the whole thing starts over again.

A good trick I learnt years ago for those mongrels who tailgate you with lights on high beam is to have a can of Coke under the seat and if the offender doesn't dip their lights, shake the bejeebers out of the can, hold it out the window and flip it open - then move off the shoulder and kick up a bit of dust. It works well.

Diesel1

Being a Defensive Driver Trainer on and off since 1987, the best rule is:

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

Now for those of you who have posted revenge type tactics to combat those who accidently leave their lights on, have a think about the repercussions of your actions when you look at my rule above.

Revenge is not the answer. All of a sudden you have two people who can't see - What a bonus!!!

If someone comes up behind you and you can't see, put your left indicator on, put your foot on the brake and move over and let them go. The same applies to someone coming the other way.

In my experiences as a truck driver and driver trainer, if someone doesn't dip their lights, it is an odds on bet that they are fatigued and not paying attention.