Dozens of cars with one light (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Dozens of cars with one light
3:23pm Tuesday 24th January 2012 in News
A FEW weeks ago I made a trip from Blackburn to Manchester via the M66 and M60 late on a midweek afternoon.
It was virtually dark all the way and I noticed that there were quite a lot of vehicles displaying only one headlight.
It is not an exact science, but I started counting. Sixty-four I got to.
I know some will say I should not have been looking, but there it is.
I thought that was bad enough, but this past week on the same journey I got up to 72, fourteen of which were on the Grane Road (between Shadsworth and Haslingden).
On the way back I used the M60 and M61 to Preston and, even though it was 9.30pm and the traffic was correspondingly light, I still got to 22 more.
Do the Lancashire and Greater Manchester police check such things these days?
It would seem not. I seldom see a police car on the journeys anywhere.
Some will also say that it is not particularly important, but on an unlit a road it can be very dangerous, thinking erroneously, that one is approaching a motor-cycle.
William Woodford, (via email).
happycyclist says...
3:52pm Tue 24 Jan 12
It IS important for the very reason you give.
As a cyclist, I often tap on drivers' windows at traffic lights to let them know that one of their brake lights is out. If the other one goes, they're at risk of being rear-ended when they slow down.