Just short.....

[JoeM 7,874]

of amazing,

Looked at the morning weather on the news and they had started the segment with a car avitar that had the wipers and headlights coming on. 

 

Question, does the weatherman have to inform people they will have to turn on their wipers and headlights if it is raining in the dark! 

If so we need those self driving cars now!

[Achto 27,571]

Back up camera's are now standard on new cars, Auto headlight's are quite common, Auto wipers are an option on a lot of cars. Self driving is not too far away.

[Pullstart 62,861]

Joe, congratulations!  You have discovered a new idea called uncommon sense!  Doesn’t it feel good to be in the 1 percenters club?  

[JoeM 7,874]

1 minute ago, Pullstart said:

Doesn’t it feel good to be in the 1 percenters club

Amen!

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

5 minutes ago, JoeM said:

have to turn on their wipers and headlights

I wish someone had told Mrs K.        She was cited and fined $135 for failure to turn on her headlights when she pulled out of a parking lot with the wipers on.

[ri702bill 8,319]

It is the law here in RI, but very seldom enforced.

[Pullstart 62,861]

I generally toss the lights on rain or shine, day or night.  My 99 and ‘01 daily drivers have a light sensor on the dash for the daytime running lights.  I thought about paint matching a bottle cap to the dash and gluing it in place!

[ebinmaine 67,487]

Any vehicle in any weight class that is hauling placardable hazmat has to have their headlights on.

Because of hauling oil in years past I've gotten into the habit of turning on my headlights before I even turn the engine on in my big trucks.

 

Here in Maine it is a law that the headlights must be on anytime the wipers are in use.

[Handy Don 12,217]

28 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

It is the law here in RI, but very seldom enforced.

 

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Here in Maine it is a law that the headlights must be on anytime the wipers are in use.

 

Same here in NY. Intermittent enforcement. Fortunately for me both cars have quite sensitive auto-on headlight sensors. They switch from DRLs to headlights even on cloudy days or under a long underpass!

[WHX?? 48,815]

1 hour ago, Achto said:

Auto headlight's are quite common,

Geez I guess I'm behind the times...... I gotta get out and lite a couple of those miner's headlamps @Ed Kennell ....'specially if I am gonna shine coons @oliver2-44 

[squonk 41,104]

If i had a dollar for every car I see coming at me at dusk WITHOUT their lights on and I flash my lights at them to tell them to turn those stinkin lights on so people can see you, and they DO NOT TURN THEM ON, I'd have enough money to pay for Wednesday night's dinner! 

[Pullstart 62,861]

11 minutes ago, squonk said:

Wednesday night's dinner! 

chicken parm on Squonk!  

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

I do understand safety, and routinely drive with my lights on, but really… the “lights on when wipers are on laws” are indicative of how ridiculous we’ve gotten with regulating common sense.

 

On a clear sunny day if I am driving and decide to clean my window of bugs or dirt using my wipers I can be ticketed in many states if I don’t put my lights on.
 

Nonsense.

 

OK. Now I’m going to get off my soap box and read the warning labels so I don’t microwave a wet pet to dry it off, put a plastic bag over my head, put my nephew in the dryer after he jumps in mud puddles…etc. etc. etc. 

[rmaynard 15,458]

2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

 

 

Same here in NY. Intermittent enforcement. Fortunately for me both cars have quite sensitive auto-on headlight sensors. They switch from DRLs to headlights even on cloudy days or under a long underpass!

 

Same in Maryland. We also have a law that says that any music (and I say that cautiously) that emanates from the inside of a vehicle with it's windows closed, should not be able to be heard at 50ft. I hear some from a mile away. Never see anyone following that law either.

[ri702bill 8,319]

My all-time pet peeve while driving is when the person in front of you at the stoplight is texting. I developed an "education" strategy that seems to work. These folks are so conditioned having someone else beep the horn after the light turns green - they floor it and off they go, until the next light, like a modern Pavlov Dog.

Had some "it's all about me" clown do that on the way home from work - first offense, I "Beep" the horn. Two blocks up the road, another light - this time I lay on the horn.

Third offense about four blocks later, I hit the horn while the light is still red - off he goes into cross traffic - he drops the phone and just about soils himself - lesson completed - no more texting.

Some may find this harsh, others entertaining ....

Edited April 7, 2022 by ri702bill

[ebinmaine 67,487]

3 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

microwave a wet pet to dry it off

I can't do that???!!!???

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

I can't do that???!!!???

Sure can...at least once.

[Handy Don 12,217]

2 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Sure can...at least once.

Cleaning up the oven afterward is a bit time consuming, too.

[squonk 41,104]

3 hours ago, rmaynard said:

 

Same in Maryland. We also have a law that says that any music (and I say that cautiously) that emanates from the inside of a vehicle with it's windows closed, should not be able to be heard at 50ft. I hear some from a mile away. Never see anyone following that law either.

2 related stories.

First I was working at a Chrysler dealer. Shop was a converted bus garage with the big honkin windows with many panes of glass. During lunch one of the wash rack guys had a buddy visit one day. He parked right out side the window above my bench. The music was so loud the glass was moving! 

 

2nd story: Working at Napa. Kid comes in and wants to know the best product to seal his rear window on his hatchback. I say let me look at what you got going on. We go out and his car is running . Stereo is cranked and there is a big honkin sub-woofer in the back. Every base note is lifting the glass right out of the hatch! 

[Handy Don 12,217]

4 minutes ago, squonk said:

2 related stories.

The NAPA customer is now walking around asking "What did you say?"

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

57 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I can't do that???!!!???

 

54 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Sure can...at least once.

 

52 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Cleaning up the oven afterward is a bit time consuming, too.

 

 PETA is on the way... 

 

 

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Here in Maine it is a law that the headlights must be on anytime the wipers are in use.

Even if you are wiping bug guts or goose bombs off ? …

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

9 hours ago, JoeM said:

self driving cars

If someone needs a self-driving car, maybe they should take the bus…

just saying…

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

9 hours ago, Achto said:

Back up camera's are now standard on new cars

Now those were a good idea… small children and pets definitely benefit from them…

[wh500special 2,179]

4 hours ago, ri702bill said:

….

Third offense about four blocks later, I hit the horn while the light is still red - off he goes into cross traffic…

 

Some may find this harsh, others entertaining ....

I can’t help but wonder if the cross traffic found this entertaining. 
 

Steve