stalagmike
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- Location
- Milton Keynes
Sounds like you have tried it more than once so maybe I will just get some new specs. Apparently eye tests are free at tesco and then I will use prescription to buy online.
Driving at night
- Thread starter Pale Rider
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Tried it a few times, part of my business a few years back was glass polishing.
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Guru
And in Scotland
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
I usually try and drive in the night when doing distance for work related journeys , I left Rugby at 3 am Friday , less than 2 hours down the M1 -M25-M4 to Richmond , a pleasant drive,
A good listen on R4 , then over to R2 for the Craig Charles House Party !!
Home ,And then sleep till 1pm ,
A good listen on R4 , then over to R2 for the Craig Charles House Party !!
Home ,And then sleep till 1pm ,
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mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Just be very very careful with jewellers rouge, it gets everywhere.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
I know. Had a lovely pot of it, was great for keeping watches scratch free .
I thinks about speed
I often blast 300 miles London/Cornwall, trying to keep at 80mph most of the way, it all fast roads (except the first and last 5 miles)
Usual arrival time is gone midnight, and it takes a day to recover
However over the last two summers I have driven over 5,000 miles in large vehicles where the speed is limited to 60mph for one and 80mph for the other, which means actual cruising speed was 50-55mph for one and 65-70mph for the other
Whilst 55mph on a German Autobahn even in a large van is borderline dangerous, it was quite relaxing, but an even bigger vehicle (8m length) at a steady 65-70mph even on a German Autobahn was great, I had no problem driving for hours, night or day
I often blast 300 miles London/Cornwall, trying to keep at 80mph most of the way, it all fast roads (except the first and last 5 miles)
Usual arrival time is gone midnight, and it takes a day to recover
However over the last two summers I have driven over 5,000 miles in large vehicles where the speed is limited to 60mph for one and 80mph for the other, which means actual cruising speed was 50-55mph for one and 65-70mph for the other
Whilst 55mph on a German Autobahn even in a large van is borderline dangerous, it was quite relaxing, but an even bigger vehicle (8m length) at a steady 65-70mph even on a German Autobahn was great, I had no problem driving for hours, night or day
Globalti
Legendary Member
Having met @Pale Rider yesterday I'm sure he's younger than me - I'm 60 - but in the last couple of years I admit I've found that my eyes are less able to deal with the glare from oncoming headlights. I also find that when I'm tired I have trouble with red rear lights. So yes, I tend to avoid long night drives.
Long gone are the old batchelor days when I'd be jumping in the car on Friday afternoon and whizzing off somewhere hilly to cycle, walk or climb. The traffic is just too bad nowadays and I like my warm comfy bed too much. Anyway I'm married now. *cough*
Long gone are the old batchelor days when I'd be jumping in the car on Friday afternoon and whizzing off somewhere hilly to cycle, walk or climb. The traffic is just too bad nowadays and I like my warm comfy bed too much. Anyway I'm married now. *cough*
OP
OP
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Only a few years younger.
If I lived where you do, I'd be jumping in the car to find somewhere flat to cycle.
Salad Dodger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kent Coast
I dont have to drive at night very much - just locally a couple of nights a week to and from ukulele club or an open mic night. I can cope with that, but like others have posted, I dont enjoy it much.
I dont have much surviving family, but Mrs S does and we do occasionally visit, which can entail a 60 mile drive back in the dark. Even though its nearly all dual carriageway or motorway, its not something I look forward to. At one time it would not have bothered me at all - I used to do a lot of marshalling on night rallies so driving around lanes in the dead of night to reach a control point was all part of the game. I wouldnt want to do it now......
I dont have much surviving family, but Mrs S does and we do occasionally visit, which can entail a 60 mile drive back in the dark. Even though its nearly all dual carriageway or motorway, its not something I look forward to. At one time it would not have bothered me at all - I used to do a lot of marshalling on night rallies so driving around lanes in the dead of night to reach a control point was all part of the game. I wouldnt want to do it now......
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
I am so fed up with people using headlights in a town where the roads curve vertically and horizontally. It is impossible not to blind people with headlights on & the distance you can see is restricted by the lights. It also causes people to drive faster than is safe.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Irresponsible, polluting, lawbreaking shoot. It's behaviour like that which scares people off cycling on dual carriageways.
Are such lights road legal?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not if anyone's coming the other way. Otherwise, I'm not sure why not.
Anyone silly enough to cycle on the A303/A30 needs their head looking at, especially at night.
See the LE-JOG threads about not cycling on this road.
It is for all intents and purposes a motorway for most its length, entirely unsuitable (and downright unpleasant) for cycling.
That said, I see a few idiots every time, and no harm done, vehicles give them a very wide berth, but it wont take much google searching to find cycling fatalities on the A30/A303.
The good news is they are now looking at building a cycle route along side the Cornish section of the A30 also one for the A39 to persuade the bums in the air LE-JOGs to take that route. (Tourers would not tend to use either route, as their is a much more pleasant Sustrans route)
