no, 2 side by side are what the cool up with it ' kids have , they should be flashing i n unison as wellI was offerd a beacon bar tonight , told the man throw it in the skip I don’t use beacons , it’s in the skip , I hate beacons with a passion .
no, 2 side by side are what the cool up with it ' kids have , they should be flashing i n unison as wellI was offerd a beacon bar tonight , told the man throw it in the skip I don’t use beacons , it’s in the skip , I hate beacons with a passion .
Yeah it's wired into the sidelights. Probably not made to a particular road legal spec. It's not as bright/piercing as it looks in those pictures, it's very subtle but can be seen from a good distance. No different to one you'd see on an artic tractor unit. That's a better picture.@cj
Is the lightbar used on the road? Are they road legal?
Oh honestly , they need them shuved up their arse especial if they on in the fields .no, 2 side by side are what the cool up with it ' kids have , they should be flashing i n unison as well
Highly unlikely single strobe at high level and my beacon on is hardly going to blind anyone and it was in the dayPerhaps they were blinded by all the flashing lights and couldn't see your brake lights
Flashing lights are over used big time in UK nowadays, they're is no need for them on majority of roadwork they should be used sparingly and when there is a hazard (wide load ect) never used to be like this, everywhere you go there's kids with twin lights goin
All it does is desensitise the traffic to when there is a real hazzard !!
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My take on the subject..... I don't use them in the day, unless we are going mega slow with something or have something mega wide on front and rear. Otherwise I will use them dusk, onwards. Different roads have different levels of risk so I use the rotating amber beacons accordingly.
I like to have 2 as 1 can easily be hidden by a machine, load, whatever. And if a bulb goes in one you still have another.
Nothing worse than seeing some prat coming towards you with the most dim and pathetic side lights and 1 head light working to find when you get alongside them they've got some ratty old mower half hanging out in your side of the carriageway!
Our local police force had a telly programme 'Traffic Scene Investigators' and on one of the episodes a tractor was involved in the dark. It went to the pound for them to go through it, checked the beacon, it worked, it helped pick it out on the CCTV footage of it as well. So many people have dash cams nowadays and you can bet your bottom dollar that it would play a huge part in any evidence/claim as to weather a working beacon was fitted.
We have an led strobe on the back of our bale trailer, its on a bracket so I've got it angled slightly downward so it's not directly in anyones eyes, but you can still clearly see it. As when I have a full load of bales on, all you can see are the tail lights, don't get me wrong they are led and very good too, but otherwise all you can see is a wall of hay, at least the beacon is giving a bit of a heads up warning!
Ticked the road lighting kit option on our new mower so that can be seen, too.
Another reason I put the lightbar on our latest tractor is so people can see not only how wide I am but also how tall, so they can physically see that something big is coming towards them in the hope they'll slow down from 80mph to at least 65mph on a B road.... They are actually quite subtle but can be seen from a hell of a long way away.
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Made him feel more importantI had an artic here the other day with beacons a blaze , I said you have your beacons on ? Oh aye so folk can see me on this single track road . It’s a 44 ton artic tipper and it’s nice day if others can’t see that without beacons a blaze quite frankly Darwin would say they need run over.
I just laugh eeeejits man .Made him feel more important
If you see flashing lights in the distance, you know to look for somewhere to pull in. It saves having to back up half a mile on a single track road.I had an artic here the other day with beacons a blaze , I said you have your beacons on ? Oh aye so folk can see me on this single track road . It’s a 44 ton artic tipper and it’s nice day if others can’t see that without beacons a blaze quite frankly Darwin would say they need run over.
No, just sit and enjoy the showThey then set off to reverse on full lock get crossways in road pull forward try again backwards no better all the time you're sitting watching losing the will to live and you end up backing up instead
There's only so long you can sit and watch and then when you get round the next corner and it starts againNo, just sit and enjoy the show
Have had delivery vans (transit size) come down our lane with hazard lights onI had an artic here the other day with beacons a blaze , I said you have your beacons on ? Oh aye so folk can see me on this single track road . It’s a 44 ton artic tipper and it’s nice day if others can’t see that without beacons a blaze quite frankly Darwin would say they need run over.
Yesterday as I left the NDR roundabout to get on the A146 Cromer road out of Norwich I could see a fire appliance responding in the distance and coming towards me. Many cars coming towards me didn't even notice it until it was right upon them clearly demonstrating they never check their mirrors and they have the radio up so loud they can't hear a 200 watt yelper !I drive an emergency vehicle on blue lights as a second job. The amount of idiots that can’t see the lights even at night is unbelievable. Those 20 seconds stuck behind a chap who doesn’t use mirrors could really be all that matters or the one that turns across infornt of an emergency vehicle. They could be dimmer at night but what happens when it’s dark and heavy rain or heavy fog… @JP1 you have anything to add?
I think wilful obstruction should be recorded on a responding camera and a dedicated back office should prosecute. Fines would keep this self fundingWatching some of these emergency services programmes on tv its shocking how long some drivers take before moving out of the way of an emergency vehicle coming from behind. If they don't notice sirens and blue flashing lights then they should not have a licence to drive.