Legal Lighting Question

[Evilgoat]

You can follow sptb's lead and just drive on by, or you can excercise some discression (and I know your local police will) and keep yourself and others safe.

Or you could carry a couple of red warning triangles and deploy them up the road either side as I do and would. You'll probably be ok using a beacon in that situation its driving around with in mounted (not in use, just mounted) that starts to be an issue. Probably not a problem to some fussy copper stops you for something else and then starts looking for "issues" with your truck. I once had my tax disc inspected 3 times during one "pull over", in case it had gone out of date since the first time they looked at it 3 minutes before I assume.

Had the guy get out, look at the Zook and say 'You offroad in THAT!?' Then proceded to grill me for not having a tax disc on display till I wiped the mud away.

Id rather take the chance tbh. You have 3 minutes to do do something in a serious situation, you wont arrive untill after most times and you dont know how long you have left. 1 second to flip a switch rather than a minute to find triangles, walk out the required xxx yards fiddle with them, then come back to the accident. It really could make the difference as you should well know. If someone isnt breathing, or is in cardiac arrest, or has any number of serious traumas, every second really does count.

My first and foremost concern is my saftey, I cant help anyone if I'm dead because someone mowed me down, hit the car/truck because they couldnt see it. I have to do everything I can do to make myself as visible as possible.

If I come over harsh I'll explain that I've had a collegue killed when some tit ploughed into the back of his Ambulance, so as you'll understand, a dinky red warning triangle doesnt cut it as far as I'm concerned.

[Terranosaurus]

I fully understand the safety implications and have to say at times the law is an ass, but websites such as this need to state the situation and let people decide for themselves, not encourage illegal activity and then lead the forum operators open to possible future legal action and if I come over as sticking to the rules excessively etc its not that its just that strobes and beacons etc just help to perpetuate the general publics view that THIS is what our hobby/sport (call it what you will) is about. Couple that with illegal off roading and Chelsea tractors, is it any wonder the press give us such a hard time.

[Bush Tucker Man]

My first and foremost concern is my saftey, I cant help anyone if I'm dead because someone mowed me down, hit the car/truck because they couldnt see it. I have to do everything I can do to make myself as visible as possible.

Got to agree on that point, that's one reason why I've got 4 'NAS' sized lights on the back of the 110

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(I'm also considering roof-line mounted LED 'marker-lights', as fitted to our Mercedes Ambulances)

If I come over harsh I'll explain that I've had a collegue killed when some tit ploughed into the back of his Ambulance, so as you'll understand, a dinky red warning triangle doesnt cut it as far as I'm concerned.

Happened around here not too long ago, thankfully the crew were still in the patients house.
Young lad, clear road, dry, street lamps....... 'Drunk-Mobile parked up, lights on, but not 'blues', slammed straight into it.
Numpty!!!!!!!

[shaun and co]

been reading this one with interest as ive just renewed my public liabiltiy insurance and they are insisting that all vehicles used on site have orange lights fitted so i dont run my more numpty customers over! i was going to go for some radiator mounted strobes on the front and the same mounted on the roofrack on the back but does this mean i would have to take them off when i leave site or as i have a ligitimate reason would i be alright?

[TDi90]

youd prob be alright as long as they werre turned off when you left the site.
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[Stormin]

Your speciality isn't it, Richard. Worm Can Opener.  :lol: As to lights on vehicles, IMO high level brake lights should be banned and those who use the roof lights on wagons, which I believe are illegal, should be heavily fined. Not much fun with those blinding you, as you approach the brow of a hill, until the wazack driving see's you.  

[Bush Tucker Man]

Your speciality isn't it, Richard. Worm Can Opener.  :lol:

And I thought I asked a simple question too!!!

I could get 'Flat-Cap' to join & he'd really set the Felines amongst the 'flying rats')



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those who use the roof lights on wagons, which I believe are illegal, should be heavily fined. Not much fun with those blinding you, as you approach the brow of a hill, until the wazack driving see's you.  

Well ,up in your neck of the woods, they haven't heard of street lighting to help the motorists yet!!

The last time I ventured up that far, the chap in the garage asked me what to do with my debit card. Did he keep it & hand it in at the bank !!!!!
(it's a bit like Norfolk in that respect)