Front "Fog Lights"

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:18 pm

Thanks all, i now know that policeman are always right

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:39 pm

I cant be bothered to check but doesnt the highway code say you HAVE to turn your fog lights on if adverse weather conditions cause visibility to drop below some piddly amount? two points arise:

1. In the night you cant see 'clearly' to this distance with or without fog lights, hence visibility has been reduced by the seasonal darkening of the sky

2. If you are under so much pressure to ensure the fog lights are on ewhen they should be then just say your front screen was misted up and you mistook this for fog!

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:42 pm

Thanks i'll remember that

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:14 pm

I'm not promising it will work tho mate!

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:27 pm

your lucky you didnt get a fine .. the idiots I see on the road with fog lights on when not necesary blinding other drivers :rolleyes:

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:29 pm

I stood a distance in front of my car after with them on and they were no different to the headlights as far as birghtness is concerned

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:42 pm

they are lower and spread wider ...... your lighting the wrong parts of the road !

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:58 pm

I find if used with my side lights which IMO on the 206 are not very bright I have better vision in tunnels

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:22 pm

I cant be bothered to check but doesnt the highway code say you HAVE to turn your fog lights on if adverse weather conditions cause visibility to drop below some piddly amount?

Not as far as I know. It may (or may not) say that they SHOULD (not MUST) but there's no law REQUIRING the use of fog lights, only one requiring that they're NOT used. Hence your two questions are invalid.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Thu May 01, 2003 2:35 am

By memory i think article 201 of the highway code demands that you turn them on? Certainly did last time i checked.

as for anyone who suggests that fog lights dazzle other drivers - dont even bother with that argument as 4x4 drivers dazzle much more than any fog light, and fog lights generally dazzle FAR less than normal headlights. Fog lights (when properly adjusted) only increase short distance wide angle vision and i ALWAYS turn them on while travelling along country lanes!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Thu May 01, 2003 10:45 am

By memory i think article 201 of the highway code demands that you turn them on? Certainly did last time i checked.

Rule 201:

"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."

As I said; there's no REQUIREMENT to use fog lights. It's also ILLEGAL to use them when visibility is not seriously reduced - and that doesn't mean at night down a country lane.

as for anyone who suggests that fog lights dazzle other drivers - dont even bother with that argument

Well they damn well dazzle me.

Fog lights (when properly adjusted) only increase short distance wide angle vision and i ALWAYS turn them on while travelling along country lanes!

Don't complain when you get a Â£30 fine then. Since they only increase "short distance wide angle vision" you shouldn't need them. The reason they dazzle is not the distance but the pattern. Dipped beam lights are angled down and to the side which means away from oncoming or preceding drivers. Main beam and fog lights are angled straight ahead.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Thu May 01, 2003 2:31 pm

Since they only increase "short distance wide angle vision" you shouldn't need them.

Well they are perfect for country lanes - short distance wide angles = see the bank a lot better when passing other cars

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Thu May 01, 2003 2:45 pm

Like I said. Don't complain if you get a fine.

Greenday · Post by **Greenday** » Thu May 01, 2003 2:45 pm

And scaring small animals in the hedges

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Thu May 01, 2003 6:46 pm

Well i havent been fined yet