Flashers legal in USA but not here
I’m talking about flashing your headlights as a warning against police activity, OK?
A judge in Florida had to pass judgement in a case where a driver was prosecuted for flashing his lights to oncoming traffic to warn them of a radar trap. He got off, with the judge citing that the defendant was ‘engaging in behaviour protected by the US constitution’.
Flat Battery? Certainly we can fix it, sir. That will be $45,000.
Oh my God! How would you feel if you buy a new supercar, let the battery go flat and then get charged $45,000 to replace it?
Hmm. Not happy, Jan.
Bull Bars – A Load Of Bull?
They would have to be one of the most common and the most visible car accessories. Here in Australia, we tend to call them roo bars rather than bull bars simply because we’re more likely to encounter Old Man Kangaroo in the middle of the road. But are bull bars, roo bars, nudge bars or whatever you want to call them really worth it? Should you install them on your vehicle?
Opinion is, of course, divided, and whether you put them on your car or not is really up to you, the sort of car you have and what you plan on doing with it.
There’s no denying that a set of big bull bars/roo bars have tough-guy good looks on a big 4×4 like a Mitsubishi Pajero – and that they look a bit silly on a little hatchback (although nudge bars might have a sort of ironic humour installed on a Mini) or on a sports car. But don’t just blindly get them put on your set of wheels. Think first.
Emergency Kit
Ever come across a car accident? Ever been in one? What about a serious one? I had an experience where a car following behind me shot across the middle of the road, hitting another car head on that was travelling in the opposite direction. Thankfully, the accident occurred in a 50 km/h zone, and no one was killed. I stopped, along with one or two others, to see what we could do. Both cars were write offs, and both drivers suffered severe shock. The driver that veered across the road had hit his head during the accident and had a head wound. At the time, there appeared no danger of fire, so we tried to calm both drivers down while waiting for the emergency services to arrive on the scene. Switching back and forth from groaning in pain and wanting to jump out of the car and split the scene, the driver in the wrong had possibly been driving under the influence of some drug. The lady in the other car was very shocked but unhurt.
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