Driving with Fog Lights!

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I am generally a chilled out, calm driver. Never get road rage...Though for some reason people driving with their fog lights on really, really winds me up! :rage: :boxing: I just find there's no need for it unless there is reduced visibility.
A few of my mates drive with them on and alway's pose the argument, "it's not illegal". So naturally i googled it, i can't really find much. Can anyone shed any light on this? What do you think, :y: or :n: ?

Highway Code Here (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069859)

[bald24]

It is illegal. £30 fine.

[MunkyBoy]

I mean, you have this bit of the highway code:

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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.

I guess you could say its illegal in that sense?

[Predator_R32]

depending on the car then sometimes the fog lights come on with sidelights, new minis do anyway, but yes its annoying

[James106]

Stupid yes. but doesn't bother me!

[saxojh]

Yep sure is illegal. Didnt no abouut the fine though just thought you got a kick up the ass.

[Viper]

depending on the car then sometimes the fog lights come on with sidelights, new minis do anyway, but yes its annoying

theyre more dull than a fog light, and aren't they classed as spot lihts, or driving lights?

I cant stand pricks who have their fogs on, they never seem to understand whats going on when i strobe mine at them and finish with full beam. lol

[MrHouston]

Not as annoying as middle lane drivers..

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Apparently, the police have passed them plenty of times and have never pulled them over...is this down to discretion?

[Predator_R32]

spot lights i think

[J222JRA]

Not as annoying as middle lane drivers..

Now that does make my blood boil :wall:

[Mieran]

I've seen police cars driving past other cars with fogs on but don't do anything.

Pred - on Minis thats not the fog its the sidelight.

[-GG-]

It is illegal. £30 fine.

Can you be sure of this?

[MrHouston]

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q400.htm

[Stissy]

It is illegal. £30 fine.

correct

[Mochachino]

I used to flash my fogs at them in my old car, ive had my fogs removed on this car so i cant :(

Middle lane hoggers do my fkin head in though.

[-GG-]

Not as annoying as middle lane drivers..

This doesn't annoy me as much as gimp's with fog lights for some reason? :wacko: Though is still irritating!

[sax-dan]

theyre more dull than a fog light, and aren't they classed as spot lihts, or driving lights?

I cant stand pricks who have their fogs on, they never seem to understand whats going on when i strobe mine at them and finish with full beam. lol

i do the same lmao!

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https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q400.htm



Cheers MrHouston!! :hug:

[Stissy]

i've never been bothered by it...

i dont do it myself, but on some cars it looks wicked

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i've never been bothered by it...

i dont do it myself, but on some cars it looks wicked

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/4/24/633761899407989620-facepalm.jpg

I hope your taking the p*ss...

[Stissy]

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/4/24/633761899407989620-facepalm.jpg

I hope your taking the p*ss...

no... sorry i dont feel the same way about this as you.
nice work posting the facepalm picture though... did you make that yourself?

i bet you'll make a joke next saying "fog lights add 20bhp!!!!111one111! (i'm a cock)"
and i'll reply "no mate... they make the car LOOK better"

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I used google, though source is in the corner ;) I wasn't going to make a sarcastic comment about it adding bhp, i was however actually going to ask, why you think it looks better? Any specific car?

[Stissy]

I used google, though source is in the corner ;) I wasn't going to make a sarcastic comment about it adding bhp, i was however actually going to ask, why you think it looks better? Any specific car?


...i was taking the piss.

and as for any specific car... 106s look good (when people re-wire them to come on with the rear fogs), most bmws, any cars with small suttle (and usualy round) fog lights

[AXracing]

Did not on the spot fines double to £60 last year? Repeat offences would see you in court that could see significant fines or jail time. Though I think after the police stopped you once you would have to be a complete moron to do it again.

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...i was taking the piss.

and as for any specific car... 106s look good (when people re-wire them to come on with the rear fogs), most bmws, any cars with small suttle (and usualy round) fog lights

Okay, sorry...i disagree. IMO fogs are anything but subtle :S

Did not on the spot fines double to £60 last year? Repeat offences would see you in court that could see significant fines or jail time. Though I think after the police stopped you once you would have to be a complete moron to do it again.

wow, have you just heard about this, or is there a link?

[CHIP]

It is illegal and atleast a £30 fine. I know folk's who have been fined for it.

[saxolenny]

was talking to my old driving instructor a while ago i was driving the golf with the fogs on he said its a 30 quid fine and 3 points if you get caught

[MARTYN19588]

iv noticed alot more people using there fogs just cause its snowing. i pretty much never use mine. there's some guy that drives around the beach with his sidelights on and foggers on all the time, well he used to anyway. he's had fuck knows how many fines but consists on doin it

[deano-brfc]

Never knew it was illegal till i got pulled for it after going round a corner, was about to throttle it out of the corner too, lucky they dint catch me for that! Didnt know about the fine though

[-GG-]

iv noticed alot more people using there fogs just cause its snowing. i pretty much never use mine. there's some guy that drives around the beach with his sidelights on and foggers on all the time, well he used to anyway. he's had fuck knows how many fines but consists on doin it

Is it the guy with the corsa down the beach? seen him once or twice :S
Today when i was out it was snowing heavily..i seen a few people with them on and i thought "fair play". its only irritating when the conditions are clear imo

[MARTYN19588]

nah a guy with a blue mg zr thing. gets called feel neale. theres a fair few trumpets go down there tho :homme:

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nah a guy with a blue mg zr thing. gets called feel neale. theres a fair few trumpets go down there tho :homme:

Ha ha :y: The lambo doesn't leave his fogs on :P

[Andy_K]

I got done for it a coupl eof years back. £30 fine. No points (non endorsable penalty).

In my defence, it had been foggy and was throwing it down with rain, and visibility was very very poor. However the weatehr cleared and I genuinly forgot to switch the fogs off. Police car passed literally 2 minutes after th erain stopped, pulled me and fined me. Wouldn't believe the weather up the road was as bad as I was making out :oops:

[lemon191]

I got done for it a coupl eof years back. £30 fine. No points (non endorsable penalty).

In my defence, it had been foggy and was throwing it down with rain, and visibility was very very poor. However the weatehr cleared and I genuinly forgot to switch the fogs off. Police car passed literally 2 minutes after th erain stopped, pulled me and fined me. Wouldn't believe the weather up the road was as bad as I was making out :oops:

surely having them on during rain is bad considering the reflection off teh road will make it worse for others ?

[Steve]

i wouldnt loose any sleep over it if i was you.

[kylesaxo]

there is a lad near me and he has them on day and night he thinks hes like some type of gangster more like gaystar

[AXracing]

surely having them on during rain is bad considering the reflection off teh road will make it worse for others ?

Yes if you ask most traffic officers there a lot more likely to pull you in the wet for doing this for the very reason you mentioned.

[Viper]

ive seem some pricks with side lights and bright fogs on too.
complete wankers!

It's just as bad as tools who drive with a headlight out.

I would get raped for doing 80-90 on a motorway, but people with lights out dont seem to get done!

I'd say not having lights and being visible to other motorists is more dangerous than me driving fast...

[AXracing]

ive seem some pricks with side lights and bright fogs on too.
complete wankers!

There is a tone of people that do that round Washington. I really don't get what there thinking. There probably just that thick they don't actually know how to turn there lights on lol

[Viper]

Aye!

and the people who think they help them see..

Erm.. no. they are there so others can see YOU!

The only time i use mine is in dense fog and more often than not i have the rear on and not the fronts, so people behind can see where the traffic is!

[Stissy]

Aye!

and the people who think they help them see..

no its not... its because it looks better




Erm.. no. they are there so others can see YOU!

The only time i use mine is in dense fog and more often than not i have the rear on and not the fronts, so people behind can see where the traffic is!

and people can definatly see you if you're driving with fogs on ;);)

joke... haha

[shayne_vtr]

fog lights + chav = uber power dont race for v5's as u will lose hahahaha, i got pulled for having mine on in really shit visability the cop just wanted to no i understood why i was using them , he said could u tell me why you have your fog lights on so i said erm yh its foggy,he said how much visibility do you have so i said i dunno 50 yards and he was like ok go steady and walked off haha

[marky]

my fog lights just point down at the road only not that i drive with them on though.

[9Freedman9]

3 points on your liscense IIRC? Fucking can't stand it though, I flash people up but they don't even know.

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I'd say not having lights and being visible to other motorists is more dangerous than me driving fast...

Completely agree with this!

3 points on your liscense IIRC? Fucking can't stand it though, I flash people up but they don't even know.

I'm not sure about the points :S Though defo. is a fine.
When i flash someone they just flash back or put the horn on, like their clueless :wacko:

[KINGVTS]

most saxo driving pricks who do this do it more when its cold, no idea why

[Chloeex]

I really hate people driving around with fogs on... had a few yesterday driving about because there was snow around.. and it was a clear day

[ash_sx125]

On the subject of fog lights.
just been following someone in a saxo, with full fogs on, blinding me!
it wasn't snowing, visibility was good.. also driving at 20mph in a 60 zone.. there was a little slush on the ground, but it was safe to do 30-40mph...

i also noted the car had a small Sax-p sticker on the boot..

so if this was you, silver vtr/s near cortonwood, CHEERS!

[KINGVTS]

how can a fog light blind you, by its nature it wont blind you as they are designed to shine below the fog

[claff]

its only really the back fog light that annoys me...

ok its kind of silly chavies who drive with the fronts on but its no more dazzling than normal head lights i dont find.

[jonas2112]

its only really the back fog light that annoys me...

ok its kind of silly chavies who drive with the fronts on but its no more dazzling than normal head lights i dont find.

i agree front fogs dont really dazzle, back fog lights almost burn my retina very annoying

[vtrmann]

it does my head in. ya get even more glare specialley when ya washers are frozen up and cant clean screen. they dont need them on. ya can get pulled for it not worth it.know a few people that have

[tuft]

really winds me up. absolutely no nee to use your fogs unless its foggy. clue's in the title. noticed more people doing it now with ice and snow? do they think its going to give them better traction?
that and people not indicating, really annoy me

[vtrmann]

got it right with the indicatin some twat turned earlyer had to slam on in slush.

[vtrmann]

anyone been handbrakin around? prob the only decent thing about the snow and ice. think mine stuck on yesterday had to get neighbor to help push unlock the back wheels in snow

[tuft]

got it right with the indicatin some twat turned earlyer had to slam on in slush.

winds me up when your waiting for someone to come around the roundabout, then turns off before you. if they indicated, you wouldnt have had to sit there waiting for them. sounds petty, but really annoys me

[ash_sx125]

how can a fog light blind you, by its nature it wont blind you as they are designed to shine below the fog

the rear fog light is on the right rear light cluster.. hardly below the fog.. annoying as shit.

[mattperry]

what gets me is when there on the same side of the road as you parked up facing you with the f**king car lit up like a christmas tree!! :@

[AXracing]

Its the front ones that most annoy me. More so on unlit and narrow single with roads. It is mostly because there coming towards you have a much greater chance of a head on. People appear to forget that front fog lights use the same bulbs and most cars high beam. They also don't have a cutoff like a normally low beam light. So they are very dazzling. You also already have your low beams on so its a combined effect. Hence why there is this very sensible law against using them in if its not really bad fog.

[Jordysport]

if i am honest i have been using my front fogs basically constantly, imo it improves periferal vision dunno why but it gives a sense of security but tbh i only do it when there is no one on the road or its on single track roads.

[Tom]

Loads of people round here drive with fogs on all the time, so annoying.

Last night when I was driving home from work and it was chucking it down with snow, I pulled into my road which had about 5 inches on it and is like a maze of parked cars. I'm then confronted with having to drive down it basically blind as some twat had parked up, left their fogs on and gone inside a house. :wall:

[MarkyG]

Even when visibility is poor, fog lights are still useless. Never had to use mine.

I do see a lot of drivers around my area driving with them on for no reason. Just complete idiots thinking they are cool.

[KINGVTS]

Loads of people round here drive with fogs on all the time, so annoying.

Last night when I was driving home from work and it was chucking it down with snow, I pulled into my road which had about 5 inches on it and is like a maze of parked cars. I'm then confronted with having to drive down it basically blind as some twat had parked up, left their fogs on and gone inside a house. :wall:

you either need to get your eyes tested or stop driving at 5mph everywhere

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you either need to get your eyes tested or stop driving at 5mph everywhere

you need to stop posting pointless posts.

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Just complete idiots thinking they are cool.

+1 from me :clapping:

[VJOFurio]

It p*sses me off a fair bit, I often give people a dose of 6000k full beam if they are driving towards me with fogs on in clear weather, sometimes even broad daylight.

A few weeks ago, in a built up area, I even saw a Vectra traffic police car with front fogs on, in good clear visibility! I didn't give him any full beam, needless to say.

[W18_KJC]

mine says driving lights not fog lights -GG- you know ha :)

[MrHouston]

What...?

[SneakyVTR]

mine says driving lights not fog lights -GG- you know ha :)

I think he means he has "driving lights" not fogs.. The new mini's have them standard those tiny useless dots..

[Moke]

I got pulled for driving with fogs on (I think it improves visibility, well, I did) and the copper told me that as it was near Christmas, he would let me off with a warning, instead of a £30 fine. Get in! :y:

I don't drive with them on anymore, unless it's foggy!

[Ozzay]

Fogs are illegal yeah unless its foggy, tons of people i know have had fines. I think they look crap, especially these people who got xenon headlights then these gash standard fogs, looks shit imo.

[lliamm]

Some cars look smart with fog lights on, A4s, Mercs,BMWs etc.

I don't use them unless I need too, doesn't bother me if people use them when they aren't needed.

It's people who don't dip their full beam that piss me off lol