Mb willys jeep safety

[Dinty]

G'day All,
I did something similar back in 2003, when I towed one of my S2A 88"GS Land Rover to Corowa on a 'A' frame, I could control the rotating beacon from inside my 110, I can't post pix in here to show the set up, but it was effective on the F3 & Hume hwy, only one clown tried to get between the 2 Land Rovers and that was in sydney somewhere on the way home, cheers Dennis

[Little Jo]

Hi Dinty

I am glad to know there are others out there who believe in safety first. There is nothing more frightening then seeing a Semi bearing down on you and seeing nothing but Bull Bar and Radiator in your mirrors.

Cheers

Tony

[Ian Fawbert]

Hi Tony,

Another suggestion, which I and a few others here in sydney (Home of idiot drivers!) have done has been to buy one of the LED red flashing lights bike riders use. The one with 4 or 5 flashing/fixed functions, is about 4 inches long and bolts by a hose clamp type set up to a piece of pipe on the bike- conveniently the best piece of pipe to use on the jeep is one of the rear grab handles!

This works very well and can be seen from along distance. As i tend to do alot of country driving for long distances at times of the year in the jeep, including travelling at dawn and dusk on both highway and fast country roads, i have found this to be a great safety measure (plus it fits very easily in the glove or tool box when not in use!). I think they are about $15>$20 each.

One step further, a mate has put the white version of it (bike riders headlight type thing) on to the tie rod arm on the front of the jeep- as a measure to make the front of the vehicle stand out if worried about your headlights brightness or in addition to it.

Cheers,
Ian.

[Ryan]

Hi Tony, I reckon it's a good idea and could very well help avoid a nasty accident. At the very least it save you from idiot drivers sitting on your bumper waiting for you to speed up to 100kph.
I travel the hamilton hwy to work each day and even though I travel at 100kph ( the legal limit ) I still get tailgated and over-taken by around a third of drivers.