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Fed up of seeing vehicles with no lights on at 5:30pm

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kolpa · 22/01/2026 06:50

It has been dark at the time since Oct. Yet on my journey home from work - I always see around 3 vehicles with no headlights on. Different cars of different ages.

How dump do you need to be not notice these things?

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PersephoneParlormaid · 22/01/2026 07:44

Sartre · 22/01/2026 07:30

Don’t think this is common. Most vehicles have automatic lights.

It’s bikes that fuck me off. People who don’t even bother with reflectives and wear dark clothing. Maybe have a tiny shit light on the back of the bike if you’re lucky.

And runners on the road in all black. Car lights are so blinding these days that it’s hard to see anyone on the pavement, never mind the road.

RampantIvy · 22/01/2026 07:42

I tend not to see cars without lights these days. Modern cars have lights that come on automatically at low light levels although, I have been caught out a couple of times just after a service when the garage switches everything to "off".

In older cars the dashboard would only light up if the lights were on, so you would be reminded to switch them on. The dashboard lights up in all cars these days so the driver is less aware that their lights might be off, especially in well lit areas.

Politicians247UnderwearExtinguishingService · 22/01/2026 07:41

ChequeredSquares · 22/01/2026 07:30

Why would “dumb” autocorrect to “dump” if “dumb” is a proper word?

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Maybe it's just my (very common make) phone, but it constantly likes to change actual normal words to a different (often contextually nonsensical) word that it likes better.

All the while merrily ignoring obvious frequent typos such as 'thag' for that, 'rhe' for the and 'coukd' for could - every single time.

KimberleyClark · 22/01/2026 07:34

ChequeredSquares · 22/01/2026 07:30

Why would “dumb” autocorrect to “dump” if “dumb” is a proper word?

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More likely predictive text.

Sartre · 22/01/2026 07:30

Don’t think this is common. Most vehicles have automatic lights.

It’s bikes that fuck me off. People who don’t even bother with reflectives and wear dark clothing. Maybe have a tiny shit light on the back of the bike if you’re lucky.

ChequeredSquares · 22/01/2026 07:30

Teeheehee1579 · 22/01/2026 07:27

Oh for goodness sake - dump will just be autocorrect of dumb 🙄 I wonder whether they have just started the journey (work leaving time) and forgotten to put them on yet. It is dark at 5.30 so it seems a bit strange - they will wonder why it’s dark in front of them presumably so 3 seems a lot and certainly regularly 🤔

Why would “dumb” autocorrect to “dump” if “dumb” is a proper word?

Teeheehee1579 · 22/01/2026 07:27

Oh for goodness sake - dump will just be autocorrect of dumb 🙄 I wonder whether they have just started the journey (work leaving time) and forgotten to put them on yet. It is dark at 5.30 so it seems a bit strange - they will wonder why it’s dark in front of them presumably so 3 seems a lot and certainly regularly 🤔

FaceEatingLeopard · 22/01/2026 07:01

Dump people are the worst.

LoveWine123 · 22/01/2026 07:00

Yup…pretty dump!

ChequeredSquares · 22/01/2026 06:59

I doubt they are doing it intentionally. Just flash them and hopefully they’ll realise and turn it on.

Although can’t help but laugh that someone who complains about others being dumb can’t even spell the word dumb…

CarlaLemarchant · 22/01/2026 06:53

I don’t think it’s that common to be honest. I drive a lot and I’ve only seen one car with no lights on in the past few weeks.

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