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  • Well, at least we know our town is well-lit.

    My friend was driving me back to my house from a concert, and we had to go a pretty decent way from the venue to my house (about 18 miles). This was at night, too, btw.

    My friend has only had his license for a few weeks, so he still hadn't gotten into a habit of doing all the necessary actions before rolling out (putting the seatbelt on, checking mirrors, etc.). We had maybe another half-mile to go when we turned onto my street and realized: the headlights had been off the whole time.

    My friend went into "oh shit" mode and turned them on, and we had a good laugh about it. We hadn't noticed because the whole way back was lined with street lamps, save for my street. Good thing there weren't many cars on the road, and no cops.

    "We were put on this Earth to fart around, and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise." -Kurt Vonnegut

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    Once when I was about 7and a half months pregnant, I was driving my baby's daddy home from a long night of drinking. Since I was pregnant (and don't drink) I was of course the designated driver. It was about 3am, and he was WASTED. (Also, yes, my ex made me stay up til 3am when I was VERY LARGE with child.)

    As I passed under a bridge, suddenly a car whipped out behind me from an alley and started flashing their brights at me. I was confused. 'What...the...hell...is wrong with this person!?'

    Then the red and blue lights went up. I got pulled over and CopperMan told me I had been driving without my lights on.

    He asked if I had been drinking, I gave him a withering glance and pointed at my rotund belly. He let me go with a warning. I started to pull away when my utterly wasted ex shouted, "What the *bleep* is wrong with you? Turn your *bleep*ing lights on!"




    I started to drive away with no lights in front of the cop who pulled me over for not having my lights on, and it took a drunk man to notice.

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      When I was in University, I was doign Co-op terms every other school term, which meant moving every 4 months. One spring (or maybe fall, can't remember now) I was starting a term in Ottawa and moving in with my aunt and uncle. My parents and I had just gotten to the city after the 9ish hour drive from New Brunswick, and for some reason I had to go out and get something. So I was driving around the suburbs (near Tunney's Pasture) in deep dusk and I remember thinking "My it's very dark out"... Then I finally clued in that I didn't have the normal lights on, just the day time running lights. I finished getting whatever I'd been getting and got back to my aunt's place ASAP after that realization.

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      • #4
        Even if we didnt have street lights our town would still be "well-lit". There's tons of idiots that drive around in the city with their brights on, even in broad daylight!

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          Quoth ditchdj View Post
          Even if we didnt have street lights our town would still be "well-lit". There's tons of idiots that drive around in the city with their brights on, even in broad daylight!
          I seem to encounter the opposite. We have morons who don't know what headlights are for.

          And here in NC, you have to turn your lights on when it's raining - even if it's during the day. Half the morons I encountered on my way home Wednesday night during a massive thunderstorm (rain was practically pouring down almost sideways and to make it worse, the storm drains were spitting water back out as fast as it was running in) wouldn't even turn their damn lights on, making it much harder to see them through the sheet of rain pouring down the windshield.
          Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)

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            My eyes are so sensitive to light that I have repeatedly forgotten to turn the lights on. My lady is not so impaired, however, and often reminds me. I've also gotten into the habit of turning them on if I'm even a little unsure as to whether the light level would require them for normal people.
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            • #7
              I actually got pulled over for that once -- no headlights on at night. I didn't even realize I had shut them off until I was pulled over (my knee hit the light switch and turned them off by accident).

              While I'm normally surprised when/if I get pulled over by the police -- that time I was like "what the hell?" because the officer made a u-turn and drove like I was on some wanted list or something. We had a laugh over it, officer said to "be careful" and that was it.

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