In todays news...

[JackyJoll]

Didn't take too long..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65187823

Sturgeon's husband arrested in SNP finance probe

How very unedifying.

And the new Scotch First Minister is her protégé.

[Count Steer]

I don't trust extra locks much, for ages steering wheel locks had those round locks that could be opened with a pen.
I used to love the fuel cut off switch my MG had, easy to reach but unmarked and not obvious.
I'm not sure how I'd go about doing something similar in a modern car.

My old Beetle had a floor mounted, foot operated fuel cut off. No one except Beetle owners knew about it.

Was it called 'the throttle?

[irie]

Didn't take too long..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65187823

Sturgeon's husband arrested in SNP finance probe

How very unedifying.

And the new Scotch First Minister is her protégé.

Can't imagine why Sturgeon resigned. Oh.

[JackyJoll]

No one except Beetle owners knew about it.

And car thieves.

[JackyJoll]

Didn't take too long..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65187823

Sturgeon's husband arrested in SNP finance probe

How very unedifying.

And the new Scotch First Minister is her protégé.

Can't imagine why Sturgeon resigned. Oh.

Isn’t it just as well Scotland has a big proper country to look after it!

These are the bastards who unified the cops into one force, so the Scotch “government” could better control them.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The locks on my car don't work very well.
And my bike has been parked up with the keys in it for at least 5 years.

Last year we lost the key to our shit box Honda Civic. Called up an automotive locksmith, within 20 mins he'd broken in and produced a new fully functioning key for it.

Didn't even ask us for proof the car was ours

If someone wants to nick it, they're having it.

[DefTrap]

Someone gave up (probably got depressed) half way through breaking into my old rover620

[Cousin Jack]

No one except Beetle owners knew about it.

And car thieves.

Car thieves rarely bothered with 17 year old Beetles.

[Count Steer]

Bit of a sideways thought but some cars used to have a foot operated dip/main beam, which actually seemed quite a good idea. (Bit irrelevant now cars can decide - quite often rather late - when you need to dip the beam).

[JamJar]

Bit of a sideways thought but some cars used to have a foot operated dip/main beam, which actually seemed quite a good idea. (Bit irrelevant now cars can decide - quite often rather late - when you need to dip the beam).

My new car has adaptive headlights that can dip a portion of the beam so that you have high beam on your side of the road but not in the face of incoming traffic ... bloody clever.

[cheb]

Didn't take too long..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65187823

Sturgeon's husband arrested in SNP finance probe

How very unedifying.

And the new Scotch First Minister is her protégé.

So in the same way that Sturgeon must have known about Salmond* being a sex pest is it reasonable to assume that the current Glorious Leader knew about the financial problems? Maybe Ash Regan is in with a chance? Interesting and amusing times. Amusing as for me it's funny to watch all the main parties shit the bed and all those opposing them make the same points and accusations, and all to no avail.


*Now think of the back of his neck.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Bit of a sideways thought but some cars used to have a foot operated dip/main beam, which actually seemed quite a good idea. (Bit irrelevant now cars can decide - quite often rather late - when you need to dip the beam).

My new car has adaptive headlights that can dip a portion of the beam so that you have high beam on your side of the road but not in the face of incoming traffic ... bloody clever.

Mine goes one further than that. It's got megapixel resolution on the beam (the reflectors are arrays of microscopic mirrors) so it can draw boxes of dark around oncoming cars. It's bloody witchcraft, you get daymaker highbeam with little squares of black tracking the other cars.

Not sure who makes the system, several of the OEMs use it now under different brands.

[Mussels]

I'm not sure how I'd go about doing something similar in a modern car.

Stealth / Ghost Immobilizer, operates by means of a PIN code that's entered by any random buttons (of your choice) that are already in the vehicle

I had simple, reliable, bespoke and standalone in mind. After fitting an aftermarket alarm once and it never quite working properly I want any solution to be simple and easily bypassed if you know how.

[Mussels]

Bit of a sideways thought but some cars used to have a foot operated dip/main beam, which actually seemed quite a good idea. (Bit irrelevant now cars can decide - quite often rather late - when you need to dip the beam).

My new car has adaptive headlights that can dip a portion of the beam so that you have high beam on your side of the road but not in the face of incoming traffic ... bloody clever.

Mine goes one further than that. It's got megapixel resolution on the beam (the reflectors are arrays of microscopic mirrors) so it can draw boxes of dark around oncoming cars. It's bloody witchcraft, you get daymaker highbeam with little squares of black tracking the other cars.

Not sure who makes the system, several of the OEMs use it now under different brands.

I wonder if those are the ones that look to me like they are on a dipped beam but still manage to be blinding.

[Mr. Dazzle]

No-one has flashed me yet.

Probably still trying to find the stalk after being blinded

[Mussels]

No-one has flashed me yet.

Probably still trying to find the stalk after being blinded

I found this reply to a Skoda owner complaining he gets regularly flashed using matrix lights.
It doesn't look like full beam but is still dazzling, it might just be early ones that are bad.

Sensitivity setting is for light sensor, where matrix LED uses camera to detect cars. This setting should not affect matrix in any way.

I think problem with matrix LED (not only in Skoda) is the fact, that... other drivers are not used to them. What i mean, is that when passing a car with matrix, you can clearly see it's using long beam BUT you're not really dazzled. Many drivers are flashing, even though they are not dazzled.

So yes, matrix works as expected and is not dazzling, but you're being flashed by "overly sensitive" drivers, that are over-reacting.

Only situations where matrix do not work as expected are related to trucks. On some dual carriage roads, the barrier can block visibility of truck's lights to the camera, but it's driver is dazzled. On those roads system should not switch on high beam on the left (or right in UK) side to avoid this, but this is based on the sat-nav a believe, and not all roads seems to be marked correctly. Also when coming to a hill top, truck driver will be dazzled.

I was analyzing recordings from the dash cam, where i've been flashed, and i could clearly see, that matrix worked as expected, it was just other driver that was over-reacting.

[Mr. Dazzle]

That's gen 1 matrix too, if you will. Multiple bulbs in a grid/array, hence the name.

Mine is a single big bulb and a clever reflector. It can even project a funky animation on a wall (like a projector TV) but UK law doesn't allow it. Something about headlights being "constant" only.

It's not just a gimmick, driving on unlit roads at night it's amazing. Night becomes day.

[MrLongbeard]

I'm not sure how I'd go about doing something similar in a modern car.

Stealth / Ghost Immobilizer, operates by means of a PIN code that's entered by any random buttons (of your choice) that are already in the vehicle

I had simple, reliable, bespoke and standalone in mind. After fitting an aftermarket alarm once and it never quite working properly I want any solution to be simple and easily bypassed if you know how.

Just pull a couple of coil packs, or fit one of them current limiting battery connections

[JamJar]

Bit of a sideways thought but some cars used to have a foot operated dip/main beam, which actually seemed quite a good idea. (Bit irrelevant now cars can decide - quite often rather late - when you need to dip the beam).

My new car has adaptive headlights that can dip a portion of the beam so that you have high beam on your side of the road but not in the face of incoming traffic ... bloody clever.

Mine goes one further than that. It's got megapixel resolution on the beam (the reflectors are arrays of microscopic mirrors) so it can draw boxes of dark around oncoming cars. It's bloody witchcraft, you get daymaker highbeam with little squares of black tracking the other cars.

Not sure who makes the system, several of the OEMs use it now under different brands.

Yeah that's what mine does it's brilliant.

[Yorick]

Who remembers the Cibie Z-Beam from the 70s. Was cool.