The Pointless Page

They used to be called "parking lights", as their purpose is to light your car when parked, not really to drive with.

It’s like creeping ivy, lets ban it on pointless

if only....

Staggered around a couple of shops this morning, met up with daughters partner and visiting dog in Costa, daughter and partner going to see Ben Waters playing locally this week. Partner out playing music on Saturday....his description of one of those corporate Christmas events where  no-one hears the music, quite a few falling over on the floor...as long as he gets paid well, I'm happy.

Back to the cold medication now, staying in and keeping warm.

Spent  a  while  on  "What's  Tha  Bin  Up  to  Nah  ??"

Fell  asleep  at the  keyboard,  woken  up  by  neighbour  ringing  doorbell,  asking  for  a  parcel  I'd  accepted  on  her  behalf.

Been  sleeping  so  long  I  need  another  breakfast !  So  came  on  here  to  warm  my  typing  fingers  up  first  .

Back to sanity of the pointless page, yippee don’t have anything pointless to say, but perhaps before long I might

You never see anyone using them in that way though, Kj. People turn off their lights completely when parked or risk running down their car battery, if left on all night, to the extent that the car might not start in the morning.

KjellNN  clearly  stated  " used  to  be  called  "  Malcolm.  It  was  even  legal  to  use  those  tiny  red / white  lamps  that  could  be  hooked  over  your  drivers  side  window.  Totally  useless  except  in  visibility  of  90%  or  better,  but  still  legal.  I  fixed  such  a  light  above  the  Offside  Trafficator  mounting  on  my  A35  van.  but  nowadays  provided  you  are  facing  the  correct  way,  15  yards  from  a  corner  &  in  a  30 MPH area  I  believe  No Lights  is  perfectly  legal  but  I  stand  here  waiting  to  be  corrected  on  that  !!

It would be useful if EVs were allowed to use them at night in well lit areas instead of dipped headlights as this would save the battery thereby increasing the range on a single charge.

If my memory serves me right, you had to have the parking lights on if you parked facing on coming vehicles or if there was no street light.