Ideas for making a land rover more visible

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finallysnapped

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Dear the internet,

I had assumed it was rather easy to see my land rover discovery. It is big and blue. However, twice in the last two weeks on the same stretch of motorway I've almost been side swiped by vans. Today I had to apply my foot to the brake firmly to avoid collision.

Clearly as I am a new driver these incidents have been entirely my fault, my inexperience keeping me within the white lines, occupying just the one lane.

I was hoping some of you more experienced chaps and chapettes may have some advice for making my tiny invisible vehicle less of a nuisance to van drivers who should be allowed to change lane at will.

Sincerely,

I. P. Freely
 
roll cage and a fooking big "hit me ya bastards" sticker on it might help. But I find best bet is hand on horn and don't move over for em. they soon get the fook back into their lane.

If they don't you have knowledge that when yu fill the insurance claim form out. That you can put on it. "I beeped my horn to warn him that he had driven into the path of my vehicle and he failed to take heed of the warning or attempt any evasive action". If you also add that he was verbally abusive because he had dropped his phone during an important phonecall it also ****es him off while insurance stalls paying him out until they have his mobile phone records. :D :D
 
batenburg style reflective

like

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redhand said:
Bull**** only illegal to use same colours. battenberg is legal there's a security comp in Yeovil and all their vehicles are done in it.
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Nope, you're the one full of bull**** because if a security firm in Yeovil is using it you and they must be right!!:doh::doh::doh:

Try having a look at the actual legislation before making such remarks:

As from 4th January 2010, the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 has been amended to allow for 'Conspicuity markings' by The Road Vehicles Lighting and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

This basically this means as long as the vehicle is used for one of the purposes below, reflective battenburg markings on the side of the vehicle can be used. Unauthorised use continues to be an offence under vehicle lighting regulations regarding optional side reflectors.

The permitted optional side reflector colours are:

Police
amber, yellow, blue, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Fire and rescue authority
amber, yellow, red

Ambulance
amber, yellow, green, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
amber, yellow, silver, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Traffic officer
amber, yellow, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red.

Any of the above may also use red, yellow or orange reflecting markings at the rear of the vehicle.
 
DTd5 said:
Nope, you're the one full of bull**** because if a security firm in Yeovil is using it you and they must be right!!:doh::doh::doh:

Try having a look at the actual legislation before making such remarks:

As from 4th January 2010, the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) Regulations 1988 has been amended to allow for 'Conspicuity markings' by The Road Vehicles Lighting and Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

This basically this means as long as the vehicle is used for one of the purposes below, reflective battenburg markings on the side of the vehicle can be used. Unauthorised use continues to be an offence under vehicle lighting regulations regarding optional side reflectors.

The permitted optional side reflector colours are:

Police
amber, yellow, blue, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Fire and rescue authority
amber, yellow, red

Ambulance
amber, yellow, green, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
amber, yellow, silver, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red

Traffic officer
amber, yellow, white or if within 1 m of the rear of the vehicle it may be red.

Any of the above may also use red, yellow or orange reflecting markings at the rear of the vehicle.
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I agree.

https://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/info-reflective.pdf

I wanted to battenburg my landy but couldn't. The only way i could would be to do orange and yellow or black and yellow.

I ended up with just adding a high viz wheel cover.
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The Mad Hat Man said:
So it werent dark then?

I got reflective tape down the sides of Tufftees Tree sliders - not that anyone can see it under a tarpaulin :eek:

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dark car with no lights on can be hard to spot day or night. It's the reason I drive everywhere with my headlights on all the time. I've been hit too many times when static and had too many near misses when driving.
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
yup - i agree - yo dark white car with chevron rear tyre is very difficult to see :D












particularly when buried in snow :eek:.
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My works truck was 30ft long and had reflective all down the sides, plus the lightbar on the roof , plus 4 strobes down each side, plus 7 facing forward, plus 10 facing rear, and the fooker still got hit 4 times while static.:doh::doh::doh:
 
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