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few questions for the experienced drivers out there

Postby Venomous Prime » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:27 pm

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One: When driving at night in the rain/snow, or hell even when it isn't raining/snowing, are there any tricks so that the person driving can see the lines on the road when there are cars' headlights blinding you?

Two: What is the best way to keep your windows from fogging up? The front one isn't a problem because I can easily wipe it off, but the back window is hard as hell to get to on the inside.
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Postby Real One » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:35 pm

One: If im being blinded I tend to look at the White line to my right.

Two: Defrost. You may also want to clean your windows from the inside with some kind of window cleaner.
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Postby Burn » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:51 pm

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Like Real One I keep my eye on the side line (left for me). Keep close to it but don't cross it and you'll be fine.
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Postby Bed Bugs » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:00 am

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Yeah, most cars comes standard with a rear defroster. For my Sunfire, the front defroster is part of the heater, while the rear defroster has it's own on/off button.

And I'll also say that you should try to follow the white line on the right side when approaching oncoming traffic.

When it comes to snow travel, the white line can be hard to see, but typically there will be to exposed tracks in the snow where everyone has been driving. Treat the edge of the right one as your white line and follow them.

Be careful though, as people like to move closer to the center line during heavy snow. So you may be tempted to follow the "groove", but instead of being two sets of tracks on each side, there may end up being one on each side with a large track in the middle.

This doesn't usually happen on highways, but it can. This is most common on city streets and country gravel roads.
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Re: few questions for the experienced drivers out there

Postby Gutter Bunny » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:01 am

Original Sin wrote:
Two: What is the best way to keep your windows from fogging up?


keep your pants on


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Postby Venomous Prime » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:12 am

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My car is an 82 Skylark...it has a defroster that doesn't work
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Postby Real One » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:17 am

Original Sin wrote:My car is an 82 Skylark...it has a defroster that doesn't work


Try this http://www.reddenmarine.com/site/new-de ... BLCAF21212

You can get it at your local auto or hardware store.
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Postby Autobot032 » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:24 am

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Original Sin wrote:My car is an 82 Skylark...it has a defroster that doesn't work


You can buy little defroster fans that plug into the cigarette lighter that will help to defrost the rear window.

Check the automotive department of K-Mart or Wal-Mart. If neither of those work, try Googling it.
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Postby i_amtrunks » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:33 pm

Burn wrote:Like Real One I keep my eye on the side line (left for me). Keep close to it but don't cross it and you'll be fine.


Same here, Burn probably gets it worse than me from all the Trucks, I only have to deal with idiots who keep their High Beams on all the time, or bigger morons who get blue and green headlights.

I find cracking my window open a little helps clear window fog.
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Postby Heavy B » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:10 pm

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Original Sin wrote:My car is an 82 Skylark...it has a defroster that doesn't work


worst case scenario, roll down the pasenger side window
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Postby tequila stu » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:22 pm

if you have a window even slightly open, it should stop the windows steaming up.

As for the other question, have you tried flashing them to remind them to switch to dipped beam?
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Postby Venomous Prime » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:56 pm

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Oh yeah I flash them to try and get them to dim their lights but then they just honk and make it out like I'm doing something wrong
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Postby Bumblebee-otch » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:12 am

Original Sin wrote:Oh yeah I flash them to try and get them to dim their lights but then they just honk and make it out like I'm doing something wrong



that's when you give them the finger. (under the dashboard, to avoid conflict, of course!)
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Postby Bed Bugs » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:22 am

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Original Sin wrote:Oh yeah I flash them to try and get them to dim their lights but then they just honk and make it out like I'm doing something wrong


Sometimes this happens to me, and it's usually because they don't have their brights on. It's just that their low beams are really bright. :?
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