Hey, i wondered why you´re always switching around with the lights. I presume usually at night there is noone around to get into oncoming? Or are you just doing it regardless to that?
Im doing it regardless of that. Chance that you’ll see oncoming traffic late at night is very very small, but there is a chance. So I turn the lights off to better see if there is someone around the corner. Also the flickering would alert any other possible driver that it might be better to stay in their own lane, in case they haven’t seen my lights already. Besides that my lights are very bright, if I don’t turn them off It would be hard to see other headlights. Im especially doing it in very tight blind corners, before going over crests and before entering very narrow sections - or when I’m about to cut into the other lane. I pretty much know in which places It would be smart to do it from experience, and then just do it automatically every single time, just in case. Late at night I estimate the chance to meet oncoming traffic in any given corner is less then 0.1%, so after midnight you meet another car every 1000 corners or so… And there are only very few places where this might become a problem (the places where I turn the lights off). So the chance that switching the lights off actually helps is very very small. But do it long enough and eventually you will meet another car in the worst possible location, and then you’ll be glad you knew it was there because you turned your lights off. Might take more then 10.000 miles, but it will happen. On these roads there are a lot of risks to consider. Deer or fallen trees are pretty obvious…the most dangerous risks are things that you don’t expect or know about, because they are so rare to happen.
@@DMAX-tp4pc Ahh, aight. Oh btw - If you know your Tires are Garbage: fix them :D As a mechanic in Germany i have to say - if you see the Threads on/in them, you would propably loose your Insurance and Roadworthiness du to that. Hope in Canada (I think you live over there?) is that handled differently. :)
No it’s automatic. I can manually limit the trans to 3, 4 or 5 gears, usually shift to 3rd in corners. I think auto is a lot better for this type of roads and driving. There are lots of possible hazards, deer/animals jumping out, trees or rocks on the road, traffic etc..even had a sinkhole once. And those are all blind corners so it happens quick at speed. Sometimes you need really really good reaction times to deal with that stuff, like 0.1 sec can make the difference in some cases. With the auto you can focus more on driving, have both hands on the wheel and especially I can always leave my left foot sitting on the brake ready to slam it down. Thats really important and gives quite a bit of an advantage when it comes to those situations compared to manual. Manual is more fun, but I think it’s a very bad choice if you drive high speed on roads like that in the middle of the night. It’s not really like you could afford any mistakes on that road…many things that can happen, and at full speed I know from experience you can’t afford not having your left foot on the brake already. If you can’t deliver the reaction times needed every now and then because you were busy double clutching…there is only a small chance of it happening, but do it long enough and it eventually will. Also automatic allows you much better gas/brake control over the car in emergency situations. It’s not a track after all, every road has its own rules. I think the most important part is to cut down on reaction times as much as possible, that’s what kept me alive so far. And always be ready to slam that brake on the floor.
@@DMAX-tp4pc I think a subaru wrx(4wd)with manual transmission would be a perfect for that type of terrain since it's a road_going rally car Or if you want a higher ground clearance, you can go with jeep wrangler with a manual transmission
love your videos, Scary driving but someway loved it.
a little bit wrong, the result is extraordinary.
great! this beautiful))
is that civic?)
Hey, i wondered why you´re always switching around with the lights. I presume usually at night there is noone around to get into oncoming? Or are you just doing it regardless to that?
Im doing it regardless of that.
Chance that you’ll see oncoming traffic late at night is very very small, but there is a chance.
So I turn the lights off to better see if there is someone around the corner.
Also the flickering would alert any other possible driver that it might be better to stay in their own lane, in case they haven’t seen my lights already.
Besides that my lights are very bright, if I don’t turn them off It would be hard to see other headlights.
Im especially doing it in very tight blind corners, before going over crests and before entering very narrow sections - or when I’m about to cut into the other lane.
I pretty much know in which places It would be smart to do it from experience, and then just do it automatically every single time, just in case.
Late at night I estimate the chance to meet oncoming traffic in any given corner is less then 0.1%, so after midnight you meet another car every 1000 corners or so…
And there are only very few places where this might become a problem (the places where I turn the lights off).
So the chance that switching the lights off actually helps is very very small.
But do it long enough and eventually you will meet another car in the worst possible location, and then you’ll be glad you knew it was there because you turned your lights off. Might take more then 10.000 miles, but it will happen.
On these roads there are a lot of risks to consider. Deer or fallen trees are pretty obvious…the most dangerous risks are things that you don’t expect or know about, because they are so rare to happen.
@@DMAX-tp4pc Ahh, aight. Oh btw - If you know your Tires are Garbage: fix them :D As a mechanic in Germany i have to say - if you see the Threads on/in them, you would propably loose your Insurance and Roadworthiness du to that. Hope in Canada (I think you live over there?) is that handled differently. :)
@@DMAX-tp4pc Gut, das wiederum klingt recht vernünftig. Übertreibs nicht, aber hab deinen Spaß :D
What kind of car are you using? Or is the camera just positioned low?
camera was mounted in the grille.
what is ur car? civic?
😮😮
is that a srt hellcat??
Is this canada
I watched this video in 2× speed
Are you driving with manual transmission?
No it’s automatic. I can manually limit the trans to 3, 4 or 5 gears, usually shift to 3rd in corners.
I think auto is a lot better for this type of roads and driving. There are lots of possible hazards, deer/animals jumping out, trees or rocks on the road, traffic etc..even had a sinkhole once. And those are all blind corners so it happens quick at speed. Sometimes you need really really good reaction times to deal with that stuff, like 0.1 sec can make the difference in some cases.
With the auto you can focus more on driving, have both hands on the wheel and especially I can always leave my left foot sitting on the brake ready to slam it down. Thats really important and gives quite a bit of an advantage when it comes to those situations compared to manual.
Manual is more fun, but I think it’s a very bad choice if you drive high speed on roads like that in the middle of the night. It’s not really like you could afford any mistakes on that road…many things that can happen, and at full speed I know from experience you can’t afford not having your left foot on the brake already. If you can’t deliver the reaction times needed every now and then because you were busy double clutching…there is only a small chance of it happening, but do it long enough and it eventually will.
Also automatic allows you much better gas/brake control over the car in emergency situations. It’s not a track after all, every road has its own rules. I think the most important part is to cut down on reaction times as much as possible, that’s what kept me alive so far. And always be ready to slam that brake on the floor.
@@DMAX-tp4pc I think a subaru wrx(4wd)with manual transmission would be a perfect for that type of terrain since it's a road_going rally car
Or if you want a higher ground clearance, you can go with jeep wrangler with a manual transmission