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one2killu
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:45 pm    Post subject: Fog lights Reply with quote

Why do people drive with there fog lights on when it's not foggy 😡
If the road is wet and your that idiot driving with your fog lights on
( yes you know who you are ) I will blind you with my headlights because your dazzling every drive that passes you . You don't look cool , you don't need them on if It's not foggy .
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agreed. Same boat as brake lights on at junctions to me.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I, much more often than i'd like, forget i'm on high beam when other people come the other way. Big confession.


SORRY! Embarassed

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmmm - roof mounted spots seem to work when someone does that Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't blame you at all, just deserves and all that!! Smile
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one2killu
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This springs to mind 😎 ...
https://youtu.be/Rpq35wyDi7I
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That was a low blow Cool

I'm going to not be able to sleep tonight now...

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:59 am    Post subject: Re: Fog lights Reply with quote

one2killu wrote:
Why do people drive with there fog lights on when it's not foggy 😡
If the road is wet and your that idiot driving with your fog lights on
( yes you know who you are ) I will blind you with my headlights because your dazzling every drive that passes you . You don't look cool , you don't need them on if It's not foggy .


I read in a book (think it was called The Highway Code) that fog lights are only to be used in fog or falling snow.

A quick flash (of the headlights!!!) would be appropriate as deliberately dazzling and blinding people could cause them to have a crash. Flashing with something else could almost certainly cause a crash - or get you arrested.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed people are breaking the law, but as usual there is no police enforcing it . We tend to make rules in this country and not enforce them . Like driving with a mobile phone , yes you could kill someone your minds els where when it should be on the road , your punishment if on the unlikely event is a small fine . Why isn't it you lose your liecence , you shouldn't be doing it .

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Fog lights Reply with quote

jojo wrote:


I read in a book (think it was called The Highway Code) that fog lights are only to be used in fog or falling snow.

J


Incorrect. The highway code states that fog lights are to be used in reduced visibility of under 100m (rule 226).

It could very well be argued that 'darkness' reduces visibility to less than 100m, so fog lights can be used in the 'dark'

It's an argument I'd love to have with an officer. Switch lights off, can you see 100m? No? therefore visibility is reduced and fogs can be used.

Rear fog lights are a PITA, front fogs though are useful in rural land for lighting up the verge. All gets a bit 'foggy' with the introduction of driving lights which are always on.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've only driven once in fog thick enough for front fog lights to make a difference, it was that thick that they did improve visibility but by only a matter of feet. Otherwise in reality they're useless.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interestingly in the really dense pea-soupers we got in Naples people didn't use fog lights - they used their hazard indicators as the flashing light cut through the fog more effectively making it easier to see other vehicles.
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