Fog Lights are for fog!
Unfortunately the majority of people who do this are under the misguided impression that they look cool? Simply put YOU DO NOT LOOK COOL! In fact you look like a total dipstick! Also, the vast majority of said offenders do so when it is dark & wet on the roads thus doubling the effect whilst angering other road users.
Granted front fog lights do have a low beam but they are not angled away from oncoming traffic & they reflect of road surfaces straight into oncoming traffic, especially when wet. More importantly they highlight the road directly in front of your vehicle which actually reduces long distance visibility by contracting your pupils…. Rather like having your interior courtesy light on. Is this the next thing? Driving round with courtesy lights on?
Please Please stop this as you are dazzling & irritating other road users!
If all sensible
drivers start to flash drivers with fog lights on when it's not
neccesary then
eventually they might just get the message? It's
worth a go at least.... flash
them.... flash them all!!!!
The excerpts to the right are taken from the current highway code & the RVLR "Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations" 1989
Please Please..... respect the highway code and other road users!
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The Rules!
226 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 (see Rule 236)
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
236 You
MUST NOT
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced
(see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your
brake lights. You
MUST
switch them off when visibility improves.
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
The Law: The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989:
Reg 27. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a
road any vehicle on which any lamp, hazard warning signal device or
warning beacon of a type specified in an item in column 2 of the
Table below is used in a manner specified in that item in column 3:
Front fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to other
persons
using the road.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any
time other than in conditions of
seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Used so as to be lit
when a vehicle is parked.
Rear fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to the driver
of
a following vehicle.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any time other than in conditions of
seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Save in the case of an emergency vehicle, used so as to be lit
when a vehicle is parked."
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