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Originally Posted by Brun

* When the ignition is switched off, the fog lights are cancelled, ie: they don't automatically come back on when you get back in your car.

I’ve been advocating that for a while now.

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Originally Posted by P1Fanatic

But it is amazing how many people run normal lights or no lights at all in heavy fog.

What's wrong with normal lights in heavy fog? Ideal solution as far as I’m concerned.

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Originally Posted by speedking

This is the only time I would condone the use of foglights when it is not poor visibility. I would rather know the width of an approaching vehicle.

Reality is probably they do not have a clue that one light is out – let’s hope if they get stopped they get two tickets.

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Originally Posted by speedking

IMO front fogs are to enable you to see better

. Someone show me a front fog light which enables you to see better at anything over 5mph.

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Originally Posted by speedking

Bit of a contradiction there If someone is close enough behind then your rear fogs have no benefit, and by disguising your brake lights can be an additional hazard.

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Originally Posted by speedking

Overall I think that better education is necessary to improve the use of foglights.

Totally agree on both counts. IMO rear fogs are only of benefit in thick fog on dual carriageways/motorways.

 

Was foggy last weekend and saw a pick up with no lights on,but he'd got whopping great fog lights fitted .Also fetching my better half from work last month,11.30pm and saw 4 cars in the space of a mile with fog lights on.Had been raining so was dazzled with reflection fron road surface.I flashed the 4th car and he put main beam on.So decided if you can't beat em,join em.5 min later got pulled and given a warning .LOL

 

The side-light indicates perfectly well how wide a vehicle is. It should be law for every car to carry a spare bulb kit which is checked at MOT time then in theory there would be no cars driving around with lights out.

Can you imagine even trying to train that out to the whole country? Old people, foreign friends and simply thick people???? Lets face it, due to the fact this thread exists, making the rules harder is just gonna cause more problems.