Never overtake on a blind rise (or in the face of a new Audi)

Audi produces fantastic machines, but even a prestigious brand such as this one can take things a tad too far sometimes.

The new, dramatic and cornea-shattering LED daytime driving lights fitted to many new Audi’s are certainly worthy of a second glance, but they seem like a desperate cry for attention.

Let’s get real. If it is illegal to fit two (admittedly ridiculous) small luminescent little lights mounted to the water “squirters” placed on your bonnet - or to operate your fog lights in conditions that are not, well, foggy - then why is Audi allowed to fit dozens of dazzling, merely aesthetic lights to its cars?
And then to call them “daytime driving lights”; it’s as if the sun could suddenly no longer break through the swathes of pollution in our atmosphere and these Light Emitting Diodes were all that motorists could rely on to see each other.

That being said, many other manufacturers have also caught onto the LED lighting craze and when well-incorporated into the design of the car, it does make for a striking visual spectacle, especially at night.

Don’t be surprised to see this fad catch on as quickly as the clear plastic covers on headlights did in the nineties.
Before long, in the unfortunate case that Fiat continues producing the Uno, it too will be sporting LED’s more powerful than the engine fitted to this tin box.