Rear fog light idiots

Bongles

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

How the hell do these people get on the road in the first place?

I don't recall doing a single driving lesson in the fog or ever using fog lights in my driving instructor's car. I believe there's a huge number of drivers who haven't looked at the Highway Code since passing their test. I don't think it should come as a surprise to anyone that there are people who don't realise there are more sophisticated ways of thinking about fog light use than just to switch them on whenever you see some fog somewhere. It's a pity, but I don't think it's a surprise.

Wig

corbyboy wrote: »

One of the surprises I had when I was learning to drive was how they teach you nothing about when it is appropriate to use your lights.

In fact, since all my lessons were during the day, we didn't have a single conversation about lights the whole time I was learning.

If I am being honest, I don't know what all the different light settings are for on my car.

OK,

Side lights (first click) (front tiny little glowworm lights inside the headlamp and normal rear tail lights on) Useful when you are parked up inline with the flow of traffic in the dark and just want your rear end illuminated, so people approaching, see you a mile away, but it won't run down your battery half as fast

Dipped Headlamps (second click) (front dipped main beams, rear normal tail lights) Use whenever it is dark or dawn/dusk or in the summer daytime when going through a dense canopy of forest which blots the sun into dappled shade, or going through a road tunnel. Or when it is raining (it is usually slightly dark when it is raining), or dark clouds are causing it to be slightly dark.

High beams (usually pull or push the light lever) (Front brightest beams that illuminate everything, rear normal tail lights) Use when there is no streetlamps it is dark and there is no one driving towards you and no one infront of you driving in the same direction as you that you can see, no matter how far infront of you they are, if you can see any other cars anywhere, you switch back to dipped beams. Use on unlit motorways but only when there is no cars/lorrys you can see coming towards you on the opposite side of the road.

Fog lights front (first foglight click or seperate switch) Not all cars have these. Use when there is dense fog, so dense that you cannot see more than 30 feet infront of your car with normal dipped lights on - it may help to also switch to sidelights. General rule whatever the visibility (as long as it is reduced visibility) if they help you to see leave them on if they don't or make it worse switch them off, always switch them off when someone approaches from the front. Unless visibilty is down to 200yards in which case ok to leave them on. These are in practice not as bad for other drivers as rear fogs they just make you look stupid when not correctly used. There is a fine for inappropriate use of these lights.

Rear Fog Lights (second fog light click or seperate switch) Very bright rear red lights much brighter than brake lights. Only to be used in severe dense fog, so dense, that you notice the cars infront of you with rear lights on (but not fog lights) dissappear into the fog at 100 yards (and I mean DISSAPEAR so that there is no trace of them you truly cannot see them anymore)... The cars that have rear fogs on will be visible for much longer like 500 yards. If you can see cars without their fogs on for 200 yards or more infront then you should not be using your rear fogs. Same rule applies to very heavy rain, rain so hard you have never seen it rain so hard as this, only put your rear fogs on if you notice cars infront of you are not visible to you unless they have their fogs switched on. "Normal rain" or "normal hard rain" do not use rear fogs. Sometimes on the motorway there is rainspray when the cars kick up water back into the air creating a dense mist. Again, depending on what you see or don't see infront of you use your fogs appropriately if you can see cars infront of you off into the distance without their fogs on you do not need to put on yours. If you see cars infront dissappear into rainspray or dense fog at or below 200 yards even though they have their normal tail lights on then use your fogs.

If you use your rear fogs inappropriately it will cause problems for the driver behind you, and you may find the car behind you lands in your bootspace because they did not see you put your brake lights on because you had your fogs on. And you hopefully will get fined by the police for having them on.

HTH

corbyboy

Wig wrote: »

OK,

Side lights (first click) (front tiny little glowworm lights inside the headlamp and normal rear tail lights on) Useful when you are parked up inline with the flow of traffic in the dark and just want your rear end illuminated, so people approaching, see you a mile away, but it won't run down your battery half as fast

Dipped Headlamps (second click) (front dipped main beams, rear normal tail lights) Use whenever it is dark or dawn/dusk or in the summer daytime when going through a dense canopy of forest which blots the sun into dappled shade, or going through a road tunnel.

High beams (usually pull or push the light lever) (Front brightest beams that illuminate everything, rear normal tail lights) Use when there is no streetlamps it is dark and there is no one driving towards you and no one infront of you driving in the same direction as you that you can see, no matter how far infront of you they are, if you can see any other cars anywhere, you switch back to dipped beams. Use on unlit motorways but only when there is no cars/lorrys you can see coming towards you on the opposite side of the road.

Fog lights front (first foglight click or seperate switch) Not all cars have these. Use when there is dense fog, so dense that you cannot see more than 30 feet infront of your car with normal dipped lights on. General rule whatever the visibility (as long as it is reduced visibility) if they help you to see leave them on if they don't or make it worse switch them off, always switch them off when someone approaches from the front. Unless visibilty is down to 200yards in which case ok to leave them on.

Rear Fog Lights (second fog light click or seperate switch) Very bright rear red lights much brighter than brake lights. Only to be used in severe dense fog, so dense, that you notice the cars infront of you with rear lights on (but not fog lights) dissappear into the fog at 200 yards (and I mean DISSAPEAR so that there is no trace of them you truly cannot see them anymore)... The cars that have rear fogs on will be visible for much longer like 500 yards. If you can see cars without their fogs on for 500 yards or more infront then you should not be using your rear fogs. Same rule applies to very heavy rain, rain so hard you have never seen it rain so hard as this, only put your rear fogs on if you notice cars infront of you are not visible to you unless they have their fogs switched on. "Normal rain" or "normal hard rain" do not use rear fogs. Sometimes on the motorway there is rainspray when the cars kick up water back into the air creating a dense mist. Again, depending on what you see or don't see infront of you use your fogs appropriately if you can see cars infront of you off into the distance without their fogs on you do not need to put on yours. If you see cars infront dissappear into rainspray or dense fog at or below 200 yards even though they have their normal tail lights on then use your fogs.

If you use your rear fogs inappropriately it will cause problems for the driver behind you, and you may find the car behind you lands in your bootspace because they did not see you put your brake lights on because you had your fogs on.

HTH

Thanks for that. That's a great help.

davemorton

ALL WRONG!!!

Wig wrote: »

OK,

Side lights (first click) (front tiny little glowworm lights inside the headlamp and normal rear tail lights on) Useful when you have replaced them with really classy blue bulbs so that you can look proper cool as anything!

Dipped Headlamps (second click) (front dipped main beams, rear normal tail lights) Not really any use at all as all they achieve is to hide how cool your blue lights are, only use when the bizzies are approaching. (Bizzies: the street name for boys in blue, who also have blue lights, but arnt as cool as you are).

High beams (usually pull or push the light lever) (Front brightest beams that illuminate everything, rear normal tail lights) Use when you are trying to get past the muppets doing the stupid speed limit, flash them and blare your horn whilst driving as colse to their rear as possible till they realise that you are superior to themselves, and move to one side to let you pass.

Fog lights front (first foglight click or seperate switch) Not all cars have these, only really really really fast cars, so leave them on 24/7 to show how fast your car is! (Also said to increase BHP by at least 3!)

Rear Fog Lights (second fog light click or seperate switch) Very bright rear red lights much brighter than brake lights. Note really much use to anyone, as they are behind you.

HTH

There, that's better. :beer:

rodenal

Whilst fog lights are annoying when not needed, I can only suggest that if they are preventing you from seeing the same cars brakelights you probably need an eye test!.....was someone exaggerating slightly?

scheming_gypsy

Rear fog lights make me want to rip the driver out of their car and bite their face. the light itself just riles me, added to the fact that i can see way in front of them; if i can then they can as well so common sense should tell them that it's not needed.

davemorton

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Rear fog lights make me want to rip the driver out of their car and bite their face.

lol, nothing like a little bit of kinky foreplay before the road-rage begins.
:j

scheming_gypsy

i find it stops them phoning the plod......

Tigger123

Fog lights front (first foglight click or seperate switch) Not all cars have these, only really really really fast cars, so leave them on 24/7 to show how fast your car is! (Also said to increase BHP by at least 3!)

Also Front fog lights must be on no matter what time of the day it is if you drive the following cars. BMW 3 series, Peugeot 306, 106, large 4 X4's that fat women take their fat kids to school in because they can't be bothered with the walk of 200 yds and any other car that people drive around with their seats reclined so far back they can hardly see out of the windscreen.

Flyboy152

corbyboy wrote: »

One of the surprises I had when I was learning to drive was how they teach you nothing about when it is appropriate to use your lights.

In fact, since all my lessons were during the day, we didn't have a single conversation about lights the whole time I was learning.

If I am being honest, I don't know what all the different light settings are for on my car.

Have you not read the manual?