Newsbot Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roadside spot checks are to be carried out to make sure vehicles are prepared for winter weather. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7052542.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Should be done all year round, a lot of cars seem to drive around with only one brake light working and probably have other defects aswell if they can't be arsed to sort that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Parked up behind someone yesterday whom I'd been behind for some time and pointed out to them that out of their 5 brake lights only 1 was working. Woman looked at me and said "yes I know, someone else told me last week"!!! Earlier on in the week I told someone that their rear lights weren't working and have been behind at least 3 other cars with faulty lights. FFS it isn't that hard to check and see if your lights work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 One idea I had was that all vehicles crossing the mountain road would need to have lights on between governors bridge and the hairpin at all times. It would weed out the badly maintained vehicles and also increase visibility on the longer 'straights' as vehicles often get 'lost' against the heather, gorse and rocks thereby avoiding some of the head-ons we see there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideways Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I was driving down south the other day and nearly ran into the back of a Police transit ... i said to my passenger "I’m sure that has no brake lights " we followed for a bit to confirm this and sure enough his brake lights were not working , i flashed my lights and pulled him over. The officer said lightheartedly " isn't it me supposed to be flashing the lights ? god i really enjoyed saying " excuse me sir , do you realize you have no brake lights" The look on his face was priceless along with the comment “Your not serious" That really cheers me up lol Yours Sideways The Cheek Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I was driving down south the other day and nearly ran into the back of a Police transit ... i said to my passenger "I’m sure that has no brake lights " we followed for a bit to confirm this and sure enough his brake lights were not working , i flashed my lights and pulled him over. The officer said lightheartedly " isn't it me supposed to be flashing the lights ? god i really enjoyed saying " excuse me sir , do you realize you have no brake lights" The look on his face was priceless along with the comment “Your not serious" That really cheers me up lol Yours Sideways The Cheek Squad Nice to find a Copper with a sense of humour!!!!!!! Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 A video would have been nice, well worth £250! Lucky he didn't nick you for wasting police time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Roadside spot checks for winter I understand they've found Autumn, but no sign of Winter. I imagine they are pulling out all the stops after the debacle earlier this year where Summer completely evaded them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Checking for snow chains and thermal blankets, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 whilst I agree wholeheartedly with vehicles being safe and roadworthy, the implication is that you should have 'winter tyres' fitted, but exactly where is there any requirement to have any particular tyres for winter or summer ?, surely the only legal criteria can be that the tyres fitted should be roadworthy. The statement about frost and rain is confusing, as for frost you could well have studded tyres which I am sure they would soon find something to object to, although years ago I used to have a pair of studded tyres which I used when travelling over the mountain in winter, used from the first frosts (on the newly laid bloor-knox surface which would just be a white sheet and was deadly) until the spring, the winters were a bit different in the 60's !, that's global warming I suppose . The logic behind this was that the cost of the studs were less than fixing one minor prang, and the confidence that when you turned the wheel you would go in the desired direction removed all the nerves of driving on frost, ice or snow, I once towed a stuck A35 up hilll on snow with them, amazing traction even for an 850 mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 whilst I agree wholeheartedly with vehicles being safe and roadworthy, the implication is that you should have 'winter tyres' fitted, but exactly where is there any requirement to have any particular tyres for winter or summer ?, surely the only legal criteria can be that the tyres fitted should be roadworthy. Isn't it more a common sense thing? Even if there's little ice or snow on the island, temperatures still drop and winter tyres are designed to work better in those conditions, giving better traction, enable better braking, etc. They're also better designed to displace water on the road and in the end, all the electronic stability and traction systems in modern cars are no good if the connection to the road is rubbish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltire Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 whilst I agree wholeheartedly with vehicles being safe and roadworthy, the implication is that you should have 'winter tyres' fitted, but exactly where is there any requirement to have any particular tyres for winter or summer ?, surely the only legal criteria can be that the tyres fitted should be roadworthy. Reading the BBC report, it says, "The checks, which involve looking at lights and tyres to ensure they are safe for winter driving conditions." Which should suggest to me, they are just looking to make sure the standard tyres are legal, not necessarily that you should have specialist winter tyres fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Winter tyres? Pfft, what nonsense, they'll be exactly the same as summer tyres. In other words, they're just checking tyres. I don't know how they can find the man hours to carry these checks out when it's apparently difficult to do anything about a real hazard like excessive speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneak Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Checking for snow chains and thermal blankets, no doubt. Don't forget the shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit3hawk Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I will be wishing for snow and looking for my thermal flasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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