Now that the dark nights are with us, can I appeal to drivers NOT to use front fog lights as a matter of course (or back fog lights for that matter) unless visibility (ie its foggy) is reduced to less than 100 metres - it is illegal as per the Highway Code section 94 - see below and also very irritating!

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/08.shtml#94

What annoys me most is the use of rear foglights at night when theres no fog but heavy rain, especially when driving on the motorway its almost impossible to tell if the offending cars are breaking.

They should show more of those public information films like they used to show years ago, informing drivers when to use foglights


see here for some old motoring public info films:

http://625.uk.com/pifs/library.htm

Oh and theres a cute Tufty film on there

"Oh mummy Willy Weasel just got run over"

a rear foglight tends to be much lower than the brake lights, and most cars now have the 3-brakelight system, so it's usually pretty easy to distinguish between them. still damn annoying though. give them a flash of your fogs, and if they don't get the message, then the good old full beam usually gets it through.

Originally posted by Maldonado
...... and if they don't get the message, then the good old full beam usually gets it through.


Which then makes you as guilty as the ones with inappropriate use of foglamps (see link posted by Saxon).

Why not simply drop back so as not to be dazzled??

Originally posted by sccsux
Why not simply drop back so as not to be dazzled??

If the morons don't know how to drive properly then they should suffer. :rant:

Originally posted by Skatiechik
If the morons don't know how to drive properly then they should suffer. :rant:

When I was having my lessons (many moons ago) I was told to think & act appropriately for every other road user.

Is this no longer the case?

Originally posted by Skatiechik
If the morons don't know how to drive properly then they should suffer. :rant:
The trouble with that is then you have 2 drivers who cannot see to drive properly! Sounds like a recipe for an accident.

It's now four days since we had any kind of fog to call owt (more of a heavy mist in my oppinion) but today I was behind one of the numptys who insist on driving in the rain with his rear end lit up like a babboons ass:evil:
Aint it about time car manufacturers placed the on/off button in a more prominent position for the goldfish minded motorists out there:roll:

For those who say "don't drive so close in the wet/fog" in the real world of motoring, you leave a safe gap and some git will jump in it!:(

a fog light can dazzle or at least be distracting and annoying at much more than a safe braking distance (although not in heavy fog, hence the name).

Flashing someone to indicate a problem (ie, fog light on) is not the same as driving around with it on all the time. I regularly flash my lights at cars with the fog lights on (rear lights, fronts don't bother me). Sometimes they realise why i've flashed, othertimes they are women.

Driving up the M1 one yesterday morning and a car's break lights were stuck on :huh: it wasn't a woman either before you all start.

claycraft> re the suitable stopping distances, tell me about it. it really winds me up.

Originally posted by jessycar
Driving up the M1 one yesterday morning and a car's break lights were stuck on :huh: it wasn't a woman either before you all start.


Well you can't blame an electrical fault on the gender of the driver.

Perhaps it was a female car ? :cool: