you just hit the nail on the head...Bingo
Woman asked me to turn my headlights down
- Thread starter DraginMiFeet
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Care to point it out? http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/handbook/motorcycles/section2-12-0.shtml
Guess they removed it. I can't see how blinding a high beam can be during bright daylight unless you're a vampire
Some bike lights in the 60's had pathetically tiny power. Bikes also had drum brakes. Modern bikes have much better systems, so you don't need high beams or to avoid using the front brake.
kiwi
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I checked "way back machine" (website that allows you to see history of a webpage/website and the text hasn't changed much from the first entry of that page in 2013
See : https://web.archive.org/web/2013042...lish/handbook/motorcycles/section2-12-0.shtml
Perhaps you read the following line and mis-read it to mean turn on your Full beams. It means just to turn on your lights (Front and rear)
and regards to blinding during the day, next time why don't you look at someone's High Beams on a bike. You will have image flash in your eyes for sure.
Brant Bandit
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The headlights on my Concours 1400 are brighter than my Honda Accord. The high beams are better too. I drive with my high beam during the day - city and highway. I probably don't need to because they're so bright anyway, but it's habit from years of riding bikes with crap headlights.
JP0160
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I really don't agree that highbeams during the daytime are "dangerous" at all. You say it's hard for other people to judge my distance away from them, I really don't care about that. They know I'm there, right? They see me, right? I'm responsible for my own safety on the road, I'll be the one to judge my own distance. Highbeams all day everyday.
And to the one who suggested hitting a biker in the head with a bat, while driving, just because they have their beams on? Wow.
And to the one who suggested hitting a biker in the head with a bat, while driving, just because they have their beams on? Wow.
LoneRonin
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I really don't agree that highbeams during the daytime are "dangerous" at all. You say it's hard for other people to judge my distance away from them, I really don't care about that. They know I'm there, right? They see me, right? I'm responsible for my own safety on the road, I'll be the one to judge my own distance. Highbeams all day everyday.
And to the one who suggested hitting a biker in the head with a bat, while driving, just because they have their beams on? Wow.
yea, they see you and think you're 30+ ft away then they'll make a left turn right in front of you...judge that.
The stupidity that's being advocated is costing lives.I really don't agree that highbeams during the daytime are "dangerous" at all. You say it's hard for other people to judge my distance away from them, I really don't care about that. They know I'm there, right? They see me, right? I'm responsible for my own safety on the road, I'll be the one to judge my own distance. Highbeams all day everyday. And to the one who suggested hitting a biker in the head with a bat, while driving, just because they have their beams on? Wow.
I figure that maybe if it costs people a helmet each time the perpetuate this stupidity, then it could stop.
With all the evidence posted above, you're still thinking that you're being responsible? Think again.
Sorry, but I'd like to save some lives.
Edit: Oh, oh. Think of the children.
To the OP:
I will relate a story for you. As a Copper I got a call that I felt was a nuisance, for me to even attend. But being I was dispatched I had to attend. I met with the complainant and thought the whole time "really lady, your wasting my time with this crap". I took the info, and radioed back that it was "handled". My supervisor called me and requested a meetup. I met and he asked what action I had taken I said nothing it was a waste of time.
He said you need to remember something if it was important enough to the RP, (reporting party), to call the station and file a report, then it damn well best be important to you as well. I returned and followed up, and filed the required report.
So the morale of the story if it was important enough to her that your lights were blinding her and she took the time to get out of her car and ask if your high beams were on, (so sounds like she was being polite, as opposed to saying turn your high beams off jerk off), then it should be an indication perhaps your light isn't aimed properly and take 2 minutes after dark to check it. It "might" just save your life someday.
I will relate a story for you. As a Copper I got a call that I felt was a nuisance, for me to even attend. But being I was dispatched I had to attend. I met with the complainant and thought the whole time "really lady, your wasting my time with this crap". I took the info, and radioed back that it was "handled". My supervisor called me and requested a meetup. I met and he asked what action I had taken I said nothing it was a waste of time.
He said you need to remember something if it was important enough to the RP, (reporting party), to call the station and file a report, then it damn well best be important to you as well. I returned and followed up, and filed the required report.
So the morale of the story if it was important enough to her that your lights were blinding her and she took the time to get out of her car and ask if your high beams were on, (so sounds like she was being polite, as opposed to saying turn your high beams off jerk off), then it should be an indication perhaps your light isn't aimed properly and take 2 minutes after dark to check it. It "might" just save your life someday.
JP0160
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True. If you are getting complained about, it's worth checking out. Better advice than batting a fellow biker over the head on the road. /facepalm
That persisted through the 1980s and maybe after that.
My FZR400's stock headlights use 35-watt bulbs and the reflectors send light in useless directions (such as perpendicular to the bike out the edge of the headlight housing), and the charging system is weak and the wiring uses the thinnest possible conductors ... you know the electrical system is iffy when the neutral light gets dimmer in opposite phase to the turn signals flash cycles.
Agreed. I can't believe how many 'tards are out there riding with highbeams, or flashing/PWM headlights during daylight hours, or people that can't be bothered to aim their headlights properly. I really don't miss riding on the street.
