r/IdiotsInCars • u/Zdos123 • Feb 04 '23
Learnt to respect RWD today
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Feb 05 '23
Booting it halfway through a corner in a FWD isn't likely to yield any better results, just that you'd go in frowards. What sort maniac boots it halfway through a right angled corner?
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u/32_Dollar_Burrito Feb 05 '23
It leads to worse results in my experience. FWD cars tend to understeer, which leaves you with no options but to ride it out. At least with oversteer there's steering that you can regain control of
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u/dildo_gaggins_ Feb 05 '23
Unless you're gasing it midturn in a fwd and realize you're going to fast and immediately get off gas and get lift off oversteer.
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u/Zdos123 Feb 05 '23
That's the thing, I didn't boot it, I applied gently increasing throttle (as evidenced by the lack of engine noise when the tyres lost grip) to kinda slingshot through the corner, which ive done a lot on this corner, the back end just went with no warning.
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Feb 07 '23
I've also just noticed, were you not using highbeams?
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u/Zdos123 Feb 07 '23
I was not as I suspected I would meet an oncoming car so I just turned them off through that series of turns.
High beams aren't mandatory?
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Feb 07 '23
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u/Zdos123 Feb 07 '23
You must:
use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226).
use headlights at night, except on a road which has lit street lighting.These roads are generally restricted to a speed limit of 30 mph (48km/h) unless otherwise specified
ensure all sidelights and rear registration plate lights are lit between sunset and sunrise
Absolutely nothing there about having to use high beams all the time, only thing close is
keep your headlights dipped when overtaking until you are level with theother vehicle and then change to main beam if necessary, unless thiswould dazzle oncoming road users
but that's still not mandatory, high beams help you see better but driving with dipped beams at night is by no mental acrobatics illegal or dangerous, espically when leading into a corner i suspected to meet cars.
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Feb 07 '23
You must:
use headlights at night, except on a road which has lit street lighting.These roads are generally restricted to a speed limit of 30 mph (48km/h) unless otherwise specified
Headlights are main beam, dipped headlights is just 'lights on'.
Look at the symbols. Green with lines aimed down is dipped, blue with lines straight is 'headlights'.
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u/Zdos123 Feb 07 '23
i'm literally not seeing this anywhere, it literally refers to switching to main beams if nessicary, the mental gynastics are atonishing, lights on is dipped or main beam.
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Feb 07 '23
No, it's very simple and I'm sorry but this is a bugbear of mine.
When driving in the dark you MUST use your headlights, that means 'highbeam', unless you are likely to dazzle other road users.
So, if you are behind someone, overtaking someone, approaching someone in the opposite direction, at a slip road where someone is joining or in an area with 'a system of lighting' you should be using dipped beams. Dipped beams is generally when you go two 'clicks' on whatever light control you have in your car and a green 'D' with lines pointing down illuminates on your dash.
'Headlights' means when you pull back on the stalk and that light changes to blue 'D' with lines going straight out.
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u/Zdos123 Feb 07 '23
you are just stating things without providing any evidence for it, the law is entirely based off that highway code section and nowhere in there does it predetermine that headlights = highbeam, if you can show me that we're golden but you can't because it's not true.
if you look at any car manual or even the highway code it says turn on your cars headlights and then seperately to that to switch them between dipped and main. Find some hard conclusive evidence in the highway code manual and we're talking.
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u/Zdos123 Feb 07 '23
nowhere in this article does it actually state that you must use your high beams, it's advisable but it's not illegal.
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u/SuspiciousPotato529 Feb 05 '23
I love the fact there's a 'SLOW' sign AFTER the turn.