The folks who switch all there beacons and strobes on as soon as the ignition is switched on are a real pain in the rsole as this makes the average road user oblivious to the actual purpose of having flashing lights in the first place.
We use the A92 ( which is a dual carriageway road with a 70MPH limit at it's western end) to travel between 2 farms, it can be a white knuckle ride in a tractor with cars and lorries not pulling out into the fast lane until they are climbing onto your back.
I know it's not good advice, but I try not to check the mirrors as this tends to put the Sh£$s up you seeing vehicles barreling towards your backside!!
I have said on here before that you could have 20 flashing beacons festooned upon your tractor and attachment and some drivers still would not see you!
We have the flashing lights on the back of our trailers and implement's wired into the "spare" pin in the 7pin plug, normally used for fog light's, and all our tractors have switches in the cab to have the beacons working as and when they should be used without the need for the sidelights being on.
It's a pet hate of mine having trailers working in fields no where near a public road at night and the beacons flashing pointlessly.
We use the A92 ( which is a dual carriageway road with a 70MPH limit at it's western end) to travel between 2 farms, it can be a white knuckle ride in a tractor with cars and lorries not pulling out into the fast lane until they are climbing onto your back.
I know it's not good advice, but I try not to check the mirrors as this tends to put the Sh£$s up you seeing vehicles barreling towards your backside!!
I have said on here before that you could have 20 flashing beacons festooned upon your tractor and attachment and some drivers still would not see you!
We have the flashing lights on the back of our trailers and implement's wired into the "spare" pin in the 7pin plug, normally used for fog light's, and all our tractors have switches in the cab to have the beacons working as and when they should be used without the need for the sidelights being on.
It's a pet hate of mine having trailers working in fields no where near a public road at night and the beacons flashing pointlessly.