Hi. just as the title says, I work in Cardiff and my shift sometimes finishes at 5pm so you can imagine the queuing traffic coming out of the capital, my commute is 21 miles on dual carriageways so I do a lot of filtering, they are only white LED's so wont upset the boy's in blue. Not everyone's cup of tea but I'm fed up of people not seeing me or pretending they haven’t seen me. see video. Guvs.
You say they won't upset the boys in blue but the law states you can only have a steady white light to the front and a steady red light to the rear. The only exceptions are for reversing lights and work lamps. Blue Light Use | UK Emergency Vehicles Other than that, I love it and want the same. I often wish I had blue lights to pull people over and give them a clip round the ear for driving like twats
Interesting is that clothing mounted lights don't count. I think flashing blue lights on your gloves then would be lawful (let's ignore immoral). Hmmm I say gloves because, to an observer, they would look bike mounted
Don't know if ya saw the article in RIDE, there was a guy with an Ex Police Pan, he had attached the blue/white reflective tape, had a jacket very similar to the police, lapels etc, had the tape on his White Shoei Flip. and basically looked like plod. question was would he get done for impersonating a Police officer, the answer was that he would get done for deceiving others into believing he was Police. I have the polite jacket that I wear when on motorways and its like riding with Moses on my bike. ( other religious figures are available )
Not sure blue lights with a simoncelli rep lid would count as impersonating a police officer. I'd love to meet the coppers that wear race reps and bust out the occasion wheelie/burnout
I don't think it matters what lights/hi-viz etc you wear when filtering the myopic drivers still won't see you. Most drivers don't scan their mirrors effectively and even fewer check blind spots.
Most are too busy thinking about the resale value of their car. That's why they don't use those flashing orange lights on the sides... Wears the bulb out.
thanks mate,, right about the polite mob , but to be honest the guy is a bit of a pr*ck neurotic self obsessed rightous himself,, and the polite character was making just as good throo the traffic as he was !!
Can't we all be a bit self obsessed. He doesn't annoy me, seems a decent enough bloke. Someone on here might have actually met him in his 899 days
