Cape York PDR Head-On

Good advice, that bit about the lights. Met a Notso in the Simpson recently driving a maroon coloured Land Cruiser, not making radio calls and no lights. Driver offered Road Rage to a quiet suggestion he turn his lights on to increase his visibility, especially against the background of the red dunes. Felt sorry of the woman and young baby in the car with him.

Iza

It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't practice the basic colision avoidance methods.

So many seem to drive on country roads and tracks as if there will never be anybody comming the other way.

Of course keeping the speed down is important particularly approacing blind corners, crests and dips.

But placing your vehicle on the road in a way that gives you options and a chance of avoiding collision.

making a wide line comming into a corner may require you to slow down a little, take more thaught, more effort on the wheel and sometimes more courage. But it gives better visability thru the corner and more options on an exit line.

Yep and of late more vehicles are comming fitted with these low mounted "fog lights" appart from your actuall foggy conditions, one of the few other times it is legal to use these lights is in dusty conditions.

It also amazes me that people who would have no hesitation in turning lights on in fog or mist, would not do so in dust.

A collision in the city where tow trucks and ambulances are no more than 15 minutes away is bad enough, but when help could be hours away....HELL...think about it.

cheers

Regardless of road conditions, be they bitumen or dirt or desert, lights are easy to see against any background, especially if you have a dark coloured vehicle. Many of us don't acknowledge that we have a contrast problem with our eyesight as we get older, and don't quite pick things up until later.
I used to forever get back to my LC and find a flattening battery because I had forgotten to turn the lights off, so had them wired into my ignition so that I never forgot to turn them on or off. It's not expensive and COULD save your life.