tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post4364690673522593913..comments2008-10-01T11:20:46.201+01:00Comments on JLHPBv2: Lights on, that includes you, BMFJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275980940176775366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-60230834204951544872008-10-01T11:20:00.000+01:002008-10-01T11:20:00.000+01:00Yes please!Yes please!<b>Tooony</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029288868103896522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-32415827171612690672008-10-01T09:27:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:27:00.000+01:00...beer..?...beer..?Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275980940176775366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-34638463305408073092008-10-01T09:21:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:21:00.000+01:00Oil dependency was a part of my angle - yes. Savin...Oil dependency was a part of my angle - yes. Saving bloody peoples lives - no. ;-)<BR/>It's not so much religion as it is experience. You, just like me, know how much difference it makes to have people driving around with their headlights on.<b>Tooony</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029288868103896522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-45900649112813743562008-10-01T08:49:00.000+01:002008-10-01T08:49:00.000+01:00I thought fuel consumption <b>was</b> your angle.....I thought fuel consumption <B>was</B> your angle... <BR/>And, didn't I kind of state that "humans are stupid", and that there's been no real change in accident rates, in for example, Sweden..?! At least having lights on would indicate that there <I>is</I> a human in there messing things about...<BR/>... but you forget the times when ligths actually make a car visible, such as in dusk or dawn, Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275980940176775366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-84717842479348785002008-09-30T18:03:00.000+01:002008-09-30T18:03:00.000+01:00That's not my point and it is not a part of that a...That's not my point and it is not a part of that angle. ;o)<BR/>People will be people anyway. So lights or not, people will crash in to other people. Only solution would be to ban people from driving completely. To lower the speed limits or any other forced false security measure will only allow people to drive even worse and get away with it. "Get away with it" as in get away from the old well <b>Tooony</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029288868103896522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-70842620196954143182008-09-30T17:28:00.000+01:002008-09-30T17:28:00.000+01:00And you're putting that consumption against all th...And you're putting that consumption against all the cars that are sitting stationary idling with their aircondition on, on the motorway where an "accident" happened due to someone not being seen... <BR/>... and if you would have read up on the DRLs then you'd know that they are lower powered lights that aren't consuming much power, and by 2011 they're most likely to be L.E.D:s... <BR/>.... Neext.Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275980940176775366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239265260104650956.post-5125784257237080562008-09-30T16:55:00.000+01:002008-09-30T16:55:00.000+01:00You forget one angle to it... ;o)<br>How much extr...You forget one angle to it... ;o)<BR/>How much extra fuel (petrol, diesel, LPG, ethanol or such) will be used up. Just in the name of "safety"? A car and most bikes have two head lights at 55 W each.<BR/>That is 110 Wh per hour and vehicle. That is 110 Wh * 3.6 kJ = 396 kJ per car and hour. <BR/>If we calculate on petrol engine equivalents, the engine efficiency is at the best 30%, and the <b>Tooony</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029288868103896522noreply@blogger.com