Fog light in the sun

Johnmcl7

Some cars have their DRL's alongside the fog lights.

John

neilmcl

aardvaak wrote: »

That is possible but I do see it quiet a lot

What car was it, sure it wasn't DRLs?

ManAtHome

aardvaak wrote: »

What is 'kewl'?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kewl

tony6403

The fog lights are often on because , in the minds of some younger drivers, they think the car looks like it really has DRLs . Quite common to see them doing this in my locality.
I suppose they imagine that their cars appear to be newer than they are.

pendragon_arther

I was stopped by a copper yonks ago for having my fog lights on. I'd driven a fair distance early morning when there had been fog for a while and forgot to turn them off. They had a separate switch and no indication inside they were on. Weather can change quickly as it had. It was an Audi Coupe GT.

Mercdriver

Rear ones in rain bother me more. Not only the glare, but playing the "Are they braking or have they got their fog lights on" russian roulette game is not one I enjoy playing on a wet motorway. Yes, visibility can be impaired in spray but the negatives outweigh the positives when it comes to use of rear foglights.

You wouldn't believe how many people think its advisable to use fog lights in rain despite the clue being in the name!

Strider590

tony6403 wrote: »

The fog lights are often on because , in the minds of some younger drivers, they think the car looks like it really has DRLs . Quite common to see them doing this in my locality.
I suppose they imagine that their cars appear to be newer than they are.

Actually it's because of motoring magazines (and indeed TopGear), they went through a phase of photographing cars with the headlights and fog lights turned on. it's that generation that do it to "look cool".



The rest are just idiots who don't know how to use their lights.

pendragon_arther

Although in countries such as Sweden:

Lights: It is compulsory for all motor vehicles to use dipped headlights during daytime, all year round and on all roads.

Retrogamer

When i see cars driving behind me with their fog lights on i join in the fun and turn my rear one on for them.

interstellaflyer

tony6403 wrote: »

The fog lights are often on because , in the minds of some younger drivers, they think the car looks like it really has DRLs . Quite common to see them doing this in my locality.
I suppose they imagine that their cars appear to be newer than they are.

No,nothing to do with making your car look like it's got DRLs at all, boy racers have been doing it for years, I can remember it going on way back in the 80's, well before DRLs, it's because of statements from manufactures such as 'Sporty Front Fog Lights' (quoting Peugeot 206 literature as an example) and as mentioned the motoring press like to show cars looking 'sporty' and headlights and front fog lights on gives that impression, so of course, people copy this thinking they are cool, I've even seen pensioners in flat caps driving Citroen Zara Picasso's doing it (uncool or what?) Personally when I see it I just think Wayne Kerr must be at the wheel.