Jasp wrote:http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1061245/Now-Europe-wants-headlights-ALL-day--inflating-fuel-costs-160-year.html
Your thoughts....
fungus wrote:And motorcycle casualties will increase as they become even less visible. Yet another case of the British government bowing to European wishes.
Nigel ADI
IAM trainee observer.
Porker wrote:fungus wrote:Yet another case of the British government bowing to European wishes.
Does the UK government actually have any choice in the matter?
P.
Big Err wrote: I believe (cant find the links right now) that although Sweden and Norway found daylight running lights (brighter than 'side' lights but not as bright as headlights on 'dipped' beam to be a benefit, a study in Denmark found them not to make any appreciable difference and I'm expecting to see a report coming out of the Netherlands at some point soon, if it hasn't already been done.
TripleS wrote:I am aware that research and studies from other countries are claimed to have 'proved' that this measure has yielded an overall improvment in safety, but their circumstances are different in various ways and I think we should be cautious about being swayed by that.
Porker wrote:fungus wrote:Yet another case of the British government bowing to European wishes.
Does the UK government actually have any choice in the matter?
P.
MGF wrote:[qu
Of course not. The procedures for enacting EC legislation don't require input from UK Council Minsters or indeed MEPS. The rest of the EU decides amongst themselves and then the UK is bound by their decision....
This why we need to 'get out' of the EU as soon as possible.
7db wrote:I'm not sure if I've understood quite the reasoning, but based on the groups, and what I recall (and the actions of bikers), isn't it good* for any individual motorist to have his lights on, but bad for those who don't have bright lights (peds, cyclists etc).
If this is the case then the legislation ought not to be necessary -- everyone should switch their lights on anyway for their own benefit, regardless of the law...
* more likely to be seen, but less likely to have speed / distance accurately judged.
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