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Not 100% on this but AFAIK, if someone runs into the back of you, then the fact that your lights are 'obscured' may work against you - so think you'd be liable and both bikes wrecked ?
[quote=fanatic278 ]Doesn't seem this is going to get fitted in a hurry. I'm not inclined to mess about with wiring on my precious car (Ford Galaxy).
Taking a slightly pragmatic view on safety, the lights are visible from plenty of angles. There's a bloody big brake light strip at the top of the boot that's totally visible.
Will fashion a license plate at lunch and leave it at that for today.
It's more shoulder shrugging than pragmatic - admitting that you're not going to do anything about the lack of visibility of the lights. I'm assuming there are angles they're not so visible from. Clearly it is too late for now unless you're prepared to consider carrying the bikes a different way, but do at least get it sorted when you come back - I'm not sure why you've never considered it as an issue before. Admittedly my car came with electrics fitted, but I bought a lighting board at the same time as the bike rack, I didn't ever consider using a rear rack without one.
Oh and at least go to Halfords and get a proper plate rather than making something yourself which won't be any more legal than not having one.
OP - be careful on the A6 in Derbyshire. Bored coppers will want to chat!
Arrived in the Lakes safe and sound. Thanks everyone for your concern. I shuffled the bikes around a bit and lights were 95% unobscured. Just a tiny bit of one brake light hidden behind a bit of handlebar. Both indicators fully visible. And as mentioned before, mahoosive brake strip on top of boot visible to anyone who misses the rest. I'm sure I probably still could have got pulled over by the police, but on a rainy and windy day from Scotland to Lakes it seems the police prefer to stay indoors.
Still need to sort out my 'number' plate though (since when is license plate an Americanism?).
[quote=fanatic278 ](since when is license plate an Americanism?).
since forever, given even if that was a thing here it would be a "licence plate", hence localisation can be derived from the spelling!
I blame autocorrect for the spelling (but to be fair I still would have spelt it wrong).
Since in the US you'd get new license plates every year, when you'd paid the license to the state.
Taking a slightly pragmatic view on safety, the lights are visible from plenty of angles. There's a bloody big brake light strip at the top of the boot that's totally visible.
I doubt the argument would stick with the Police and/or your insurer's though...
But accepting that you can't be arsed with electrics, a slightly more "pragmatic" idea would be to at least take all the wheels off the bikes, and thus make the lights visible from a few more angles...
But accepting that you can't be arsed with electrics, a slightly more "pragmatic" idea would be to at least take all the wheels off the bikes, and thus make the lights visible from a few more angles...
See above posting.
BTW removing wheels would have made zero difference unless I was being followed by a go-kart. It was the handlebars of the road bike that were the biggest issue.
Galaxy? Just put them in the back, wheels off.
'letters and numbers plate' surely?
I'm going to find you and crash into you just to show you how wrong you are
[i]It's a number plate, stop speaking 'merican! [/i]
Its rife! Twice today I've read people on here saying they're "pissed" and not meaning drunk. 😕
I've certainly been pulled over and fined for obscuring the number plate. The copper said the reason was they can't get for me speeding through a camera !
After that I just got a socket wired into the boot of the car by the local tow bar fitter to save any grief.