I swear i saw the same thing around 7-8pm too... I just figured it was the results of a hard weekend though! Maybe not now!

Wow and I thought I was just a coincidence seeing all those HID's

sweet i knew i was onto something!

i've tried googling about the phenomenon, but i've turned up nothing related to the subject... - we must document it for .... prosterity!

oh and i call it the 'wert effect'

Yeh man, you earnt the claim! Seeing as you were the only one game enough in the begining to put your reputation and sanity on the line

still say its just an optical effect due to it being overcast.

Nah TBH i think it was something else. Contrast would be a sensible answer but the lights i saw were much "sharper" and brighter than on a normal cloudy day!

i also "googled" this with no outcome... dont know bout you peeps but another thing i have noticed is on older dashes with white lights glowing through the white numbers, during thunderstorms they become green!!! i noticed this one arvo in a mates silvia, it made us scared and i am led to believing there may be aliens living among us who play with lighting equipment during thunderstorms..........you with me?

i believe its not aliens but the wert effect in play here once again

most likely caused by inductance within the bulbs themselves and the charge in the air.