Now that winter is upon us, it's time for my annual rant about drivers who haven't got a clue on how to use their headlights. They fall into several categories, ranging from those who underuse their lights, to those who overuse them:

Exhibit A: The motorist who drives around a lit-up area with just parking lights on, or worse, with no lights on at all. I don't see the point of parking lights. They are about as useful as tits on a bull, but plenty of drivers go around in towns after dark with just these lights on.

Exhibit B: The motorist who will never put any lights on before dark, even if it's foggy or lashing rain. It burns the bulbs out, don't yeh see?

Exhibit C: The boy racer in his skanger-banger with coloured headlights.

Exhibit D: The motorist who has to have their fog lights on at all times, even if there is no fog. This is a big problem in rural areas.

Exhibit E: The oncoming driver who waits till he's approached within 100 metres of you before dipping his beams.

Exhibit F: The driver that believes that you don't have to dip your beams if you are driving on a motorway. I see this on the M7 all the time.

No doubt I'll be ranting something similar here in twelve months time.