Fog

[ladyofastolat]

This morning was foggy. This morning was so foggy that I could barely see next door. It was even more foggy up on the Downs road, where road signs were invisible, the car in front was a vague ghost, and side roads remained vague rumours until you were right on top of them.

Why, then, do so many people driving in these conditions fail to put their lights on? I can better understand those who charge along far too fast in the fog without their lights on; they are making no concession at all to the fog, so although stupid, are at least consistent. But the roads today were full of people limping gingerly along at half their normal speed, their barely-glimpsed ghost-like faces giving the impression of desperate peeriness, yet were still driving with no lights. Grr!

Comments

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I think the "only indicate on pulling out if there's someone there to see it" thing is primarily an easy way for the examiner to see whether you're actually checking properly before pulling out. Which is something they want to be really sure of, on the whole. And is qualitatively different to turning at a junction because other drivers are (or should be) aware of your car as a potential threat at the junction because it's already moving, whereas telling the difference between a car about to pull out without indicating and a parked car is pretty hard from a moving vehicle.