arimus
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When will people learn what fog lights actually are for? One more idiot passes me @ 90 in this rain on the M4 with their fog lights on and I'll call an airstrike on them.
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When will people learn what fog lights actually are for? One more idiot passes me @ 90 in this rain on the M4 with their fog lights on and I'll call an airstrike on them.
<quote=Highway Code>
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You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves</quote>
the highway code says they are for use when visibility is below 100 metres. was visibility low? if so, then the use of fogs was appropriate. if not then fair point.
dave
In reality visibility to ordinary tail lights (rather than unlit objects) is rarely below 100m (and when it is you are going that much slower anyway). Certainly on my section of the M4 this morning there was some mist, however I could always see ordinary tail lights until the next bend/horizon and general traffic speed was unaffected - still a dozen or so cars with their fogs on though.the highway code says they are for use when visibility is below 100 metres.
Simple rule really - if I can see the ordinary tail lights of the car in front (or next few cars depending on road/speed) fog light aren't needed (unelss you are tail-end charlie - but then turn them off when someone joins behind you.) Personally in a queue in fog the thing I want to be able to see is brake lights coming on - much less noticeable when there's a sea of fog lights to deal with.
Simple rule really - if I can see the ordinary tail lights of the car in front (or next few cars depending on road/speed) fog light aren't needed (unelss you are tail-end charlie - but then turn them off when someone joins behind you.) Personally in a queue in fog the thing I want to be able to see is brake lights coming on - much less noticeable when there's a sea of fog lights to deal with.
My rule too.
Not clear whether the OP was about front or rear fogs though. There are a lot of morons who drive around with the front fogs on permanently. And I mean permanently ... there's one guy I see at the station every night in a big 4x4, sitting parked with the front fogs on waiting for his wife - I have never seen that car without the foglights on.
Not clear whether the OP was about front or rear fogs though. There are a lot of morons who drive around with the front fogs on permanently. And I mean permanently ... there's one guy I see at the station every night in a big 4x4, sitting parked with the front fogs on waiting for his wife - I have never seen that car without the foglights on.
Question - would it be a valid (valid as in no fault found) argument if you accidentily rear-ended someone to say "I could not see their brake lights, as I was being dazzeled by their fog lights in clear conditions at night/dusk" ?
And no, I'm not going to try it.......
When will people learn what fog lights actually are for? One more idiot passes me @ 90 in this rain on the M4 with their fog lights on and I'll call an airstrike on them.
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