Thank you to the helpful biker...

[andym]

Just nipped down to the shop a few minutes ago... on the way there I was overtaken by a biker who was pointing at his back light.... something looked a little odd but didn't click straight away.

But I checked to make sure my lights were on and my indicators were off, since I was only a couple of hundred yards from the shop I figured I would just stop there rather than the side of the road.

As the guy started pulling away I realised what the problem was with him.... he had no tail light, but the brake light worked.

I got to the car park and looked at the back of my bike.... and had no tail lights.... and could I find any bulbs at this time of night... even the garage had sold out of only them ones

Anyway, the guy on the F reg red and white bike who passed me just before Tesco's in Chepstow (heading towards Lydney), your tail lights aren't working

[G]

Sure he didn't turn them off to make the point to you?
Was his headlight definitely still on?

[Walloper]

[andym]

[Doovy]

So a guy telling you your lights weren't working properly had lights that weren't working properly?
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[andym]

[Walloper]

[supZ]

[covent.gardens]

I expect he had his lights on as he approached you, hence you saw his headlight... then simply turned them off as he passed you to make the point. Because that's what I'd do.

[andym]

[Shinigami]

Maybe they already knew their own tail light wasn't working but didn't really give a flying fook?

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[BakesBeans]

Not as good as my good dead on Sunday. The car in front had left the rear offside door open, and it was opening wide going round a right hand bend.

I wasn't going to say anything, until I over took and saw the kids in the back.

Pulled her over, and shut her door for her.
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[Walloper]

[Shinigami]

more to the point, how the fuck do you drive along and not realise one of the doors is swinging open?! would have thought the draft/door wafting about in the mirrors or the terrified screams of the children in the back would have given it away
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[Cheeseybeaner]

[delsol]

[quote="The simple short-term solution is to simply adjust the rear brake light switch sufficiently for it to be always on, and find yourself a new bulb (s) when its possible. If you're riding late at night and can't easily get one this is a very practical solution which could save a tug or a rear-end shunt...[/quote]

I like solutions

[andym]

[rhys1005]

[Cheeseybeaner]

If its pitch black and your miles from anywhere with no spare bulb adjusting the brake light is a good short term fix and preferable to no rear illumination, matters not that its brighter and saves a pull or possible shunt. I mean the primary concern riding at night in possibly poorly lit roads or bad conditions like rain and fog is being seen, the brake light is a secondary issue.
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