on the continent it is composary to keep spare bulbs in cars etc , should the same law applie here to stop twats driving with only one headlight , making people think its a bike coming towards them ?                                                                                                                                                                             

 Cant agree with you more MM  it should be law. how hard is it you can get the bulb kit from halfords for your car and stick it in the boot glove box where ever then plod stops you at night with a blown tail light and you have saved yourself a 5 day ticket
                                                                                                                                                                             

Well, given that Halfords picked up the wrong headlight bulb for my car when I had them change it, could be quite tricky ;p                                                                                                                                                                              

There's also some cars now which have to have the bumper removed before you can get to the bulb                                                                                                                                                                             

The majority of drivers in this country would'nt have the faintest idea how to fit a new bulb anyway. So whats the point? It's a nice idea, but I don't think it would work here. At least we don't have to carry spare bulbs on a bike in Germany. Seems odd, but that's how it is.

i hate the drivers that dont know how to adjust the level of there dipped beam allways blinding you when aproaching idiots dont even start with those bloomin ultra zeon bulb things they put in the BMW's and the like Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr                                                                                                                                                                             

also there seems to be a new fad about speeding along unlit motorways with just sidelights on                                                                                                                                                                             

another one that gets my goat up is these new cars that has lower fog ligts on .....and no main or dipped beam  on,                                                                                                                                                                              

Quite often the cars you see with one light on, or one very dim and the other very bright stems from a bad earth. Bulbs could be OK but bad connections to earth puts all the power into one side. Used to see it more on older cars but still around.

Still very annoying on a dark road.                                                                                                                                                                              

Fog lights should be made to automatically go off once ignition or lights are switched off in a car. The amount of halfwits that continue to have them on for the 3 months following a light mist with 300 yard plus visibility seriously pee's me off lol!

And i can vouch for the difficulty of fitting bulbs on most new cars. Usually headlight and / or bumper has to be removed, at least to do one side or the other. Bloody stupid!                                                                                                                                                                             

My Civic's fog lights only stay on for the duration that the ignition is on, but the bulbs are a pain to change.  I paid Halfords because I cba when I lost one last time ;p