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My first ever car had one of those, it was fantastic… every car since hasn’t had one
This is because Ford had a patent on them that stopped other manufacturers fitting them.
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This is because Ford had a patent on them that stopped other manufacturers fitting them.
Patent has now expired and manufacturers are free to use them
2mins max extra for me. Heated windscreen baby!
Home assistant does mine if it's cold enough
(Although only for planned journeys
)It was a Vauxhall
But yes at the time I believe it was just Ford and Vauxhall, with other Manufactures usually being an option extra?
My Partners car can be defrosted from an app, although despite it being locked and when opened instantly switches off I’m not a fan of the car appearing engine in and unattended.
It's amazing that not many other manufacturers seem to do it routinely. I think a few VAG cars have/had it and Volvo.
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Imo having dashboards back-lit all the time was the most dangerous option. I remember in the past looking down, and noticing I couldn't see anything which was a reminder my lights were off.
Yesterday on the way home on the motorway, I got rammed by a lorry and pushed down the motorway a good few hundred meters.
First thing he said to me? "Where did you come from?!"
No one hurt thankfully and some damage to my car. Insurance should be sorting it from here, however long that takes.
First thing he said to me? "Where did you come from?!"
No one hurt thankfully and some damage to my car. Insurance should be sorting it from here, however long that takes.
Had a mini in front of me on the way to work yesterday in heavy mist who'd slowed right down for the conditions, more than I would have done, but zero lights on - I tried to give them a hint but they didn't get it.
EDIT: Wonder if their lights were working at all, maybe why they slowed right down, I definitely didn't see them using indicators and I don't recall brake lights though I'd have to check dashcam footage to be sure.
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It's a bmw though so that doesn't mean anything
. I had some more fun this morning, a single lane that opens into 2, I indicated and moved over to the right lane, bmw infront of me decides that (while we're travelling at 50mph in the rain), to pull infront of me when there was less than a metre gap between us (when he was in the left lane). I had to brake then bibbed my horn so dashcam recorded it, seconds later a combivan did the same to him and almost caused another crash
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Just been to the supermarket, it's pitch black outside, tipping down with rain. Encounter a cyclist riding on the wrong side of the road, all dark clothes, no lights on the bike, didn't look like any reflectors on him or the bike. Yeah, you just crack on mate. Do what you like. Enjoy your Darwin Award, eh?
He's probably blind, poor bloke doesn't know it's dark out.
Seen something similar last night just after merging onto the A1M, ~6:30pm and light rain so pitch black outside. A car in lane 2/2 doing around 70 in a fair bit of traffic with only the DRL visible at the front. Rear lights looked to be working though :/
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Any idiot who ignores a road closure sign due to flooding and gets stuck.
No insurance company should cough up to fix everything damaged due to the stupid drivers
No insurance company should cough up to fix everything damaged due to the stupid drivers
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If a driver has been found to have driven past a road closure sign into flood water, the insurance company won't pay out
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Bizarrely people still do this and yet costs £000s to fix/replace stuff.
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My Mrs was telling me one last night. There's a roundabout on an estate called Kingswood (near hull), some of you may know it. Coming from a certain way there's a dual carriageway left and to the right, with a single carriageway straight ahead. The council (in their invite wisdom) have labeled the 3 lanes going onto to the roundabout left, straight and straight (only using arrows). This has caused much confusion as people are now using 2 lanes to go into a single and that's never going to end well. The reasoning for not using a right arrow is that the current way is the standard (according to them, although i think thats for much bigger roundabouts), and they don't want people to get confused by going anti clockwise round the roundabout. Imo if somebody does that they really should not be driving.
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