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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Publicise, and urge the Police to enforce, current vehicle lighting regulations, to avoid the present widespread danger of unnecessary & excessive headlight glare. More details
Submitted by Andrew Tonkin – Deadline to sign up by: 02 December 2008 – Signatures: 24
More details from petition creator
The Law for when sidelights, then headlights, should be used is clear & adequate. Unless in SERIOUS rain/fog then headlights outside half-hour after sunset to half-hour before sunrise is hazardous, as is use instead of merely sidelights in well street-lit 30mph zones. They (i) distract, (ii) obscure vision by extreme contrast & glare, (iii) make distance & speed of offenders hard to judge, (iv) mask indicator lamps, (v) make rear view mirrors useless (vi) increase pollution by the extra engine load, and (vii) daylight headlights on motorways merely dazzle oncoming traffic & distract those ahead via rear mirrors. If headlights were ‘safe’ we’d have them as bright as the sun front AND back –clearly nonsensical! Calls for more headlight usage above the already irresponsible & ‘bling’ or poseur inspired level today are surely only advocated by those with defective vision who rely on bright lights to avoid collisions. Such drivers give themselves away as unfit to drive.
Current signatories
Andrew Tonkin, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Mark Pitt
- Steve Marquis
- Ben Parish
- Gwyn Pritchard-Williams
- J N Brazier
- Roy Milnes
- Jeff Hayward
- Ian Mutch
- F. O'Connell
- Steve Wykes
- David Broadway
- Catherine Davies
- Don Stewart
- Roger Geffen
- Catherine Billson
- James Brooke
- Margaret King
- alex philllips
- Emma King
- Paul Sagar
- Martin Da
- R Bradshaw
- Alan Harding
