FAO: Chet, and any other Oirish folk...

Its still seen as cool here unfortunately! The majority of people round this neck of the woods have them on constantly and i suppose the rest of the country is the same. I use mine at night if they light up the road a bit better but other than that i'm well behaved :)

How are you finding the stupid kmph speed limits?

Where's your neck of the woods?

In a 1.4 Auto Civic, mostly unattainable! ;) To be honest, my only driving was from Dublin Airport to Dundalk, all on the M1 so just sat at 90 all the way up, and the same back into Dublin City last night, where once I got past the M50 I wasn't getting over 30mph anyways, and then from Dublin City last night back to the airport, where I rarely got over 30mph again. Hope that damn tunnel is worth it!

Wicklow, just off the N11 at Rathnew

The 75mph limit on motorways is the only new limit thats semi-decent. 50mph where they used to be 60 is just madness, its ridiculously slow!

*Tumbleweed* I've heard of it, no idea where it is though! Excuse my ignorance...

Do they still force drivers onto the hard-shoulder if you happen to be going a bit slow over here? It was 'good manners' to move over onto the hard-shoulder I heard from someone, but then if you crashed into someone on the hard-shoulder it was all your fault and your insurance was void! Now,

*that's* madness...

You have a far worse safety record, though :P

Is that official?

As my what, now? Don't be a tit...

Yay, something you are officially best at.

See, for example:

"Ireland is ranked seventh in the EU for road fatalities. In 2001, the road fatality rate here was 108 per million. The UK had the lowest rate of 60 while Greece had the highest, with an estimated 180."

Perhaps it's because the Irish are well-known for their courtesy when pissed ;-)

What, you mean your lights *don't* come on automatically when it gets dark enough ?

Ew...

i can turn my headlights on via the keyfob when i'm within 1500m of the car, errr very useful! :) better if i remote start the engine and turn the lights on with a crowd of people near the front, so funny watching them move out the way waiting for the car to move :)

I have a car with 1980's french electronics, i'm happy if the lights even work!

Its where you take some form of soft (usually paper) tissue and remove the excess shit from your arse after you've used the toilet.

HTH

Douglas

Nice, a very astravanman style reply

Ah rats, I was imagining him looking confused if you did know him and passed on a message.

Heh! All I ever wanted to do in life was influence people - my life is now complete :-)

-- Peter

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Side lights ? You mean Parking Lights ?

I doesn't half make me mad when I pull out to overtake, and some clot looms out of the gloom infront with a piss-poor pair of candles indicating their presence on the road. And what's more, they seem most annoyed when they get a quick blurt of my 130w main-beams straight into their faces. Why don't they learn ? Use your bloody headlights, damnit !

I regularly use my headlights during the day - every single morning on the way to work infact ! If visibility is reduced, then your lights should be on. It's as simple as that.