I had to go out today for some much needed veg..
I didn't take the car, I am not a confident enough driver on icy roads.. Very hilly in these parts..
I gingerly walked to local shop.. The pavement was patchy with ice that looked like glass in the sunlight.. Sometimes I walked in the road.. sometimes on the opposite pavement.. I must have looked (interesting) to others..
But I don't care.. Just imagine falling down and breaking something in this day and age.. !! I could be laying there for hours and hours waiting for an ambulance..
My daughter would go potty if she knew.. I don't tell her everything though..
I bet the men on here think me a wuss because I don't like to drive on icy roads..
I walked carefully down our path, looked at the pavement, turned around, went back in and closed the door! I am now sitting under my heated throw making out a food plan until after Christmas ready for a big shop tomorrow.
I managed to get a Tesco slot.. next Tuesday..
I am away for Christmas but I did put turkey on my list..
Will freeze it and use later.. I love a bit of turkey with pickle ..
I bet the men on here think me a wuss because I don't like to drive on icy roads..
Our roads get gritted. The pavements don't. I think walking was a bigger risk than driving but clearing the car would have been a pain.
the main roads are OK, but some of the lanes (which never see a gritter) are a bit dicey
I'm back to wearing my ice grips on my boots. I'd break my neck without them. One of the best things I ever bought. :yay:
must look mine out again - purchased following your advice for which I am very grateful :upvote: :upvote: :upvote: :upvote:
Quote from: Michael Rolls on December 16, 2022, 07:16:52 AMmust look mine out again - purchased following your advice for which I am very grateful :upvote: :upvote: :upvote: :upvote:
I know where you live Mike, and I wouldn't venture out without them if I lived around that area either. :wink:
good advice - I haven't walked anywhere, other than on safe pavements, for the last few days but we have just had an inch and half or so of snow - just stopped - on top of the frozen covering from earlier in the week. Very nasty to walk on.
I'm more afraid of slipping on the pavements than skidding on icy roads, I'll have to venture out today but my pipes haven't defrosted yet so think it will have to be a quick trip to Cheshiure Oaks to pick up order from M & S then back.
Forecast here is freezing all day and I have to go back to the hospital which is bus and walk. I may get a taxi home if it's late. They were running best part of 3 hours late the other day. Hopefully this visit will end it but as its another test it may start a whole new damned saga. I hope not.
Good luck today Klondy, taxi sounds a good idea to me !
I hope all goes well at the hospital Mark..
I need to go out today.. I need an onion for my chicken stew..
Thanks.
They are checking on something from an MRI. I was clear on the initial reason for doing that and this is something else.
I was ready at 9.00 with a long list for the shops. Paul had gone out to get the ice off the car and as I came out of the front door, he stopped me. Our path is covered in black ice and he was having trouble with clearing the car so we have a coffee instead. So much for beating the crowds!
Coldest morning so far here today. Still -4 now.
Sheila .. I always keep a bag of grit near my bins .. As soon as there is a snow or heavy frost warning I grit my pathway..
December 16, 2022, 11:12:49 AM
Bugger the onion.. I'm staying indoors..
Yes, Paul remembered that we had some salt in the garage so we are ok now but £142 lighter thanks to Asda. We are going to see family tomorrow and have booked a Syrian meal, then my eldest daughter is staying with us for a few days.
have a good time! :upvote: :upvote: :upvote:
Thank you Michael.
As I do a journey which means driving at 08:00, I bought a windscreen cover so I only have to de-ice the nearside windows which sometimes get a bit of ice on them.
I'm doing quite a bit of driving at the moment but ice doesn't bother me too much, it's the LED street lights that make it more difficult for me.
I hate those LED street lights, :no: We don't have any up here but I'm swamped with the damn things when I'm down in Perth.
I hate them too absolutely useless. :boo:
We sometimes walk along the road to the pub and the path is uneven due to tree roots. The 'new improved' LED lights make it dangerous.
Also teenage lads seem to think it is ok to ride their bikes on the road without lights and wearing black clothing. Some of them even have black face coverings.
Quote from: Sheila on December 16, 2022, 04:01:40 PMWe sometimes walk along the road to the pub and the path is uneven due to tree roots. The 'new improved' LED lights make it dangerous.
Also teenage lads seem to think it is ok to ride their bikes on the road without lights and wearing black clothing. Some of them even have black face coverings.
Silly young asses, and I suppose the driver would be at fault in any accident. :angry: :waiting:
Quote from: Sheila on December 16, 2022, 04:01:40 PMWe sometimes walk along the road to the pub and the path is uneven due to tree roots. The 'new improved' LED lights make it dangerous.
Also teenage lads seem to think it is ok to ride their bikes on the road without lights and wearing black clothing. Some of them even have black face coverings.
The problem is that the LED lights don't have much of a spread so it's bright under the light & then dark until you reach the next one so you're constantly driving into light & into darkness & it's the few seconds while your eyes adjust to the darkness that could mean you don't see the person in dark clothing in time.
I'm thinking of fitting 55 watt HID headlight bulbs to my dipped beam & a Lazer light bar in conjunction with my main beam.
It will be quite expensive but not as expensive as hitting someone.
The HID bulbs aren't road legal but I'll take my chances if I get checked as it's less dangerous than using the legal halogen bulbs. The Lazer light bar is road legal.
These LED ligts are a pain in the bum where you're driving round in 17 year old 'ordinary' lights, they're blinding. :cool:
Not the new car headlamps. The useless LED street lights. They are so dim you maybe just think the council has turned them off.
Quote from: Alex on December 16, 2022, 07:53:22 PMThese LED ligts are a pain in the bum where you're driving round in 17 year old 'ordinary' lights, they're blinding. :cool:
Since being here I've had two ops on my eyes (one to each) to remove cataracts and insert lens for distance work. Magically driving at night difficulties just as you detail, just disappeared. In the UK and prior to the ops I too struggled. The NHS offer an excellent service and it may be worth getting the opthalmic dept to inspect your peepers?
I took under half an hour each time by the way.
Quote from: klondike on December 16, 2022, 09:02:51 PMNot the new car headlamps. The useless LED street lights. They are so dim you maybe just think the council has turned them off.
The new car LED headlights aren't blinding or dazzling but they're 3 to 4 times brighter than a halogen bulb so your eyes adjust to compensate for the brightness.
Once the LED lights have gone past, your halogen bulb doesn't provide enough light for you to see until your eyes have re-adjusted, so Alex is correct in the affect it has.
It's exactly the same opthalmic process that occurs when you walk out of bright sunlight into a dark room.
Yes good point Phil. Also the roads (interstate etc) are generally so wide here that LED's don't really present that problem I seem to find driving after dark.
This is the Lazer LED light bar that I'm thinking of getting.
It's road legal, with no off-road functions, & as such can be wired into the high beam.
https://www.lazerlamps.com/st8-evolution.html#videos
TBH I have chickened out of driving in the dark unless completely unavoidable. It isn't so bad on country roads but in towns not so good for me.
Hells bells that's expensive for a light ! Do you do a lot of night driving Phil ? I try to be home before it goes dark now :grin:
Most stuff that works well is expensive. Not that being expensive means something will be better than cheaper options (sometimes much cheaper. Anything Apple for instance imo). My son always says buy cheap buy twice and he has been correct with some of my choices.
Quote from: Alex on December 17, 2022, 10:55:47 AMHells bells that's expensive for a light ! Do you do a lot of night driving Phil ? I try to be home before it goes dark now :grin:
Yes I quite often drive at night, not long journeys but a lot of short ones.
The installed cost will be around £620 as the LED light unit + wiring loom is £420 & I estimate a fitting charge of £200 as the front bumper will need to be removed & refitted.
It will also allow me to drive without having any visibility issues & there won't be too many oncoming vehicles that don't dip their HID / LED headlights, rapidly, when I give them a 5 second burst of 8272 lumens.
For those that don't dip I'll leave my high beam & LED light unit on & their high beam won't affect me.
December 17, 2022, 12:15:36 PMQuote from: klondike on December 17, 2022, 11:41:50 AMMost stuff that works well is expensive. Not that being expensive means something will be better than cheaper options (sometimes much cheaper. Anything Apple for instance imo). My son always says buy cheap buy twice and he has been correct with some of my choices.
Lazer are recognised as one of the best, if not thee best, LED driving lights but the overriding factor is that most of their units are road legal in the EU & UK.
The ST8 Evolution, which I'm pretty sure I'll get, is road legal but I'll buy the wiring harness that includes a switch for inside the car so I can have the Lazer LED light coming on with my high beam or I can isolate it so just my halogen high beam comes on.
I drive on the basis that I have to ensure the safety of the morons wearing dark clothing who see my car headlights but step out into the road from an unlit black spot.
I don't drive when it is dark.. No, no no..
Where do old people go when it gets dark.. !! Other than bed..
Quote from: Diasi on December 17, 2022, 12:07:48 PMI drive on the basis that I have to ensure the safety of the morons wearing dark clothing who see my car headlights but step out into the road from an unlit black spot.
Saving the six hundred quid lights is probably a decent incentive too :grin: :grin: :grin:
Quote from: klondike on December 17, 2022, 12:56:05 PMSaving the six hundred quid lights is probably a decent incentive too :grin: :grin: :grin:
Lol. :upvote:
As with most things there's always a curved ball & on this occasion it depends whether or not Lazer can supply a mounting kit for the 307 grille.
They'll probably say the car's too old & they only make for new £80,000 BMWs etc. that already come equipped with laser headlights.
I can't drive at night for more than about 20-30 miles when there is oncoming traffic - their headlights quickly make my eyes very tired. And to think that years ago I would think nothing of driving at night. Furthest I ever drove at night was 500 miles when Veronica's dad died.
Mike