My partner and me have just driven back to deal from london. the road was closed into my town so we had to go right around, but as I am from the area i knew a shortcut. He huffed and puffed cos he didnt know the road (he was driving) and I told him to put his full beam on. He said, very crossly, that full beam lights are not to use to show the driver the way but are there just for warning a car coming in the opposite way, towards you that you are there. Is that right anyone, go on make me happy
2006-11-12 07:40:03 · 28 answers · asked by anni333 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
hahaha he has just come upstairs and i have shown him these answers,
thanks to all of you for putting him in his place along with me
he has really got egg on his face hehehe
2006-11-12 07:52:42 · update #1
Tell him he's a plonker from me will ya love
2006-11-12 07:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Yeah yeah yeah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your partner is a prat and a danger on the queens highway.
The full beam on a vehicle is so the driver of said vehicle can see the road ahead clearly when the road ahead is unlit by street lamps. Full beam is a bright light with no other purpose than to light up the area far ahead so one can see further in the dark.
2006-11-12 15:54:03 · answer #2 · answered by blissman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My teenage friends always used the full beam headlights to annoy the drivers coming in the oppositee direction.
Full beam headlights are certainly used to light up the road better, but do dip it when there's another car approaching the opposit direction.
2006-11-12 15:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bookmark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I hope youre right because I live and work in a very rural area and use my full beam all the time to help me see where I am going!
And yes I dip them if someone is coming towards me before anyone starts lol
2006-11-12 15:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The full beams on the car are for helping you to see on an unlit road, you dip your full beams when another driver approaches because you will blind the road so they would not be able to see where they are going. When the car has past you put them back onto full beam again. Your partner is wrong on this one.
2006-11-12 15:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by patsy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Full beam lights are mainly there to light up the road ahead, but, I rarely use them now, as soon as you flick them on another car is guaranteed to come around the corner/over the hill...and this is down in the farthest depths of Cornwall, what's the rest of the country like for nightime traffic!?
2006-11-12 15:57:45 · answer #6 · answered by randombushmonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I aint famiilar with the road which has no street lights then I will aply my full beam lights. If there is a car in front I won't have them on and if I see a car coming towards me I will knock them off.
2006-11-12 18:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Full beam is there to help the driver see more clearly in areas without street lighting, the only time you go back to dipped is in fog, as soon as you are aware of another vehicle approaching or another vehicle is in front of you. Maybe you are feeding him to many carrots and he doesn't need them but you go for it you will be a lot safer.
2006-11-12 15:50:14 · answer #8 · answered by Rod T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Normal beam headlights are for showing others where you are - it makes sense! Full beam is to show you the road (in non lit areas) Obviously the guy is a bit of a P$?T and should read the highway code before driving again!
It is illigal to drive without full beam headlights in areas where there is no road lighting and it is dark.... As it is illigal to drive in areas where there is street lighting with full beam headlights on.
2006-11-12 15:48:46 · answer #9 · answered by g21ff 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He sounds like a right-tosser. he desperately needs to learn the correct way to drive, and 'warning' other drivers with full beam is likely to piss people off very quickly.
Christ, there are some ignorant numpties on the road.
2006-11-12 19:39:40 · answer #10 · answered by Phish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's wrong ...... full beam is there to light the road up for the driver
2006-11-12 15:42:46 · answer #11 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋