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.That is well worth reading........most of us do get a little bit lax on the subject....................
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CG030 - General Knowledge RUH
You are driving at night with your headlights on high beam. When should you dip your headlights?
- When within 200 metres of the vehicle ahead or an oncoming one.
- When within 200 metres of an oncoming vehicle only.
- Never, you are allowed to drive with your lights on high beam at all times.

Now this is the same in WA, and I reckon it is a law that needs to be changed. With modern HID and LED spotlights, 200 metres is nowhere near far enough.

The vast majority seem to prefer the last 2 options, from My experience..

And that is why one packs some serious lighting, burn the ignorant sods retinas out. They dip pretty quick when you light them up.

On an aside, that is how they drive on the East Coast India, put them on high beam as they approach oncoming traffic.

I think approaching vehicles aren't driving on high beam for long enough. Most gear will have a mega bright light bar complimenting a pair of big driving lights.
First thing that's turned off is the light bar. Fair enough, it's like looking directly at a welder but the driving lights are usually wired with the bar so they go off too.
If the vehicle just stays on high beam, you can travel quite safely for a loooong time before low beam is needed.
But I've found drivers want low beam as soon as the bright stuff goes out (lots of flashing) and to me that's just dangerous.
Dropping from super bright to low beam means you're driving in the dark for ages.
A road train doing 80 kills his super bright stuff so I kill my light bar and spots, staying on high. Next thing he's flashing me so I drop to low beam and we approach in the near dark for a few k's.
It takes simply forever and lots of beasts can wander across that road only illuminated about 50m ahead.

Then you have the idiot trundling along on low beam and you wish to pass but cannot see anything head of him..

Q#26
Why do we need a new model Kenworth ?

Q#26 frm SthBound

Apparently not

this new limited edition (75) ol jigger V twas all sold out within 48 hours



cya

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shiney005 wrote: CG030 - General Knowledge RUH
You are driving at night with your headlights on high beam. When should you dip your headlights?
- When within 200 metres of the vehicle ahead or an oncoming one.
- When within 200 metres of an oncoming vehicle only.
- Never, you are allowed to drive with your lights on high beam at all times.

Now this is the same in WA, and I reckon it is a law that needs to be changed. With modern HID and LED spotlights, 200 metres is nowhere near far enough.[/quote

Then you have the 4 wheeler idiots out of the citys who think that you must use high beams whenever they not under street lights!!!

[/quote Then you have the 4 wheeler idiots out of the citys who think that you must use high beams whenever they not under street lights!!![/quote]

Yep that's me. Always use as much light as possible, had too many kids on skateboards/bikes appear from nowhere and wearing black hoodies.
Came across a guy walking the Cloncurry bypass, all black gear, 11pm only thing that saved him was his white plastic shopping bag. If I'd been on full lights I would have picked him up early. Country street lighting is a joke.
Of course I run on low beam when there's any hint of oncoming traffic but use as much as possible for the rest.