One for Class One - Fog Lights

[Pixelfill]

Right, so the weather today has been really crap round here. Fog all day, down to 100yds visibility in places, (some of which were national speed limit sections with no street lighting) and I'm thinking to myself why are there so many drivers who refuse to put their fog lights on. I then realise the car in front of me - a nice conspicuous silver/grey car - doesn't even have his side lights on. D!ckh34d I think, and it's then that I realised he was not alone, there must have been at least 4 cars on my 8 mile journey to work with no lights on at all!

 

Are these drivers breaking the law, because as far as I can remember the highway code has sections all about this (most notably section 201-212). Let's face it they aren't called fog lights for nothing.

 

I'm thinking that this is a case for driving without due care and attention, if not dangerous driving. Or am I being overly touchy?

 

Mike

[Kopite]

Then you also get the tits who put fog lights on when it's not foggy because they think it makes their cars "sportier"

[Daston]

Nope quite right you can get stopped, plus a copper can write you a ticket for having fog lights on when not foggy

[Kev.O]

Then you also get the tits who put fog lights on when it's not foggy because they think it makes their cars "sportier"

Totally agree with you Ro

[Scoboblio]

Then you also get the tits who put fog lights on when it's not foggy because they think it makes their cars "sportier"

 

 

Especially the ones who put sidelights on just so they can switch on their foglights.

 

But as Pixelfill says there were loads of people today driving in the fog (which didn't lift all day), with no lights on at all. On a single carriageway there were people overtaking a lorry and just about missing the oncoming traffic - neither had any lights on at all. :thumbdown

[Jake]

I hate when it's foggy because a high percentage of the morons will still have their rear foglight illuminated in a week's time. It's bloody annoying if you're stuck behind one of these folks in traffic.

[Pixelfill]

I hate when it's foggy because a high percentage of the morons will still have their rear foglight illuminated in a week's time. It's bloody annoying if you're stuck behind one of these folks in traffic.[/Quote]

 

Makes me want to get HIDs just for this reason alone

[RedM]

Worse than fog-light IMHO is drivers who cannot get through the countryside or poorly lit areas without having main beam on ALL THE DAMN TIME and not flicking it off when you come towards them.

[how_supra]

Worse than fog-light IMHO is drivers who cannot get through the countryside or poorly lit areas without having main beam on ALL THE DAMN TIME and not flicking it off when you come towards them.

 

I've been noticing this alot recently. Tends to be limited in my experience, to a certain type of car, namely those chelsea cruisers

[Zed]

Totally agree, I find people who insist on driving their commuter boxes around with the front fogs on super irritating, they really believe that it transforms their car into a 'sports' car.

[Ian R]

What fog light ehem !!!

[garethr]

More of a problem are the drivers who switch on their rear fogs, at night, in the slightest mist, even around town, when you can see standard rear lights a mile away. Just creates loads of glare.

 

The best one I saw (actually the worst, I suppose), was the guy who switched on the fogs on a perfectly clear motorway because a matrix sign said "Fog".

 

For ****'s sake, if you can see the car in front of you, the car behind can see you!

[michael]

Time for another Viz 'Top Tip'

 

MOTORISTS. Pressing your 'fog lights' switch a second time after the fog has cleared will actually turn your fog lights off