One headlight gone... do I use fog lights?

bsod

post 2, read it

Joe_Horner

bsod wrote: »

how come you don't include yourself in that list of know all self righteous highhorses.

Probably because he's the sort of "new" poster who appears and, within 5 days / 5 posts he's flaming other users and suggesting that relatively established ones are making things up:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=69153450&postcount=34

Given his fairly obvious "flama" username, can't help wondering how long until he's ppr'd (again)

Joe_Horner

No, not because of that at all. Because (amongst other things):

Genuine new posters tend not to jump straight in with flaming / insults within their first few days.

Genuine new users who had read the forum rules would know that personal insults like "you and your pompous cronies" aren't allowed and people tend to stick to the rules at least until they've settled in.

Genuine new users who hadn't read the forum rules wouldn't have a clue that "ppr" means a banned member seeing as that abbreviation is fairly specific to MSE.

Joe_Horner

Not at all. I wasn't referring to this thread or who did or didn't take "a bizarre dislike to anything on it.

As highlighted perfectly clearly in my earlier post, I referred to this post, made by you on a completely different thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=69153450&postcount=34

It was your sixth post on the site and it was a completely unprovoked attack on another member accusing them directly of "inventing [...] to act out a chip he has on his shoulder"

If you genuinely are a new poster, who hasn't been ppr'd before, then you should know that sort of attack is not acceptable and is virtually guaranteed to reap unfriendliness in return.

Joe_Horner

Already done, mate

Edwood_Woodwood

max99x wrote: »

If one headlight has gone and doing a 2 hour drive at night is it better to put my fog lights on as well or simply just drive with the one headlight and of course sidelights?

(not possible to get a headlight replacement now)

How on earth do some drivers get their licence?:eek:

Edwood_Woodwood

FlamaBlanca wrote: »

You and your pompous cronies seem to think that buying a bulb from a 24/7 garage at night and fixing it yourself is what should be done if you need to drive the car that night, and that there's no reason this shouldn't be possible. You say this definitively despite YOU not knowing whether this would be do-able by a novice DIYer, or whether the car design would allow this.

Errrm, of course it's what should be done.

Only an idiot would knowingly undertake a 2hr drive at night with a blown headlight bulb.

Edwood_Woodwood

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Which headlight has failed?

If it is the driver's side that has failed, then there is a very small risk that an oncoming vehicle will think the car is a motorbike, not leave enough room and smash into it.

That doesn't apply if it is the passenger side light that has failed.

Any additional risk from a failed headlight bulb is probably tiny if all the other lights are functioning.

What a load of old cobblers.

I live rural and it is very dark at night, vision even worse when in heavy rain.

The speed of travel of a vehicle with only one headlight is more difficult for other drivers to determine too.

Ridiculous post.

Edwood_Woodwood

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Which headlight has failed?

If it is the driver's side that has failed, then there is a very small risk that an oncoming vehicle will think the car is a motorbike, not leave enough room and smash into it.

That doesn't apply if it is the passenger side light that has failed.

Any additional risk from a failed headlight bulb is probably tiny if all the other lights are functioning.

What a load of old cobblers.

I live rural and it is very dark at night, vision even worse when in heavy rain.

The speed of travel of a vehicle with only one headlight is more difficult for other drivers to determine too esp when wanting to turn right with an oncoming car with a bulb out.

Ridiculous post.

almillar

OK calm down dears.
Without knowing the exact situation, let's imagine you're driving along in the middle of nowhere in the dark and a headlight fails. If you keep driving, you're breaking the law, your car is not fit for the road. We all know that, don't we?
So do you stop and walk home? Do you carry spare bulbs, as is a legal requirement in some countries? As said, good luck with that on a 2008 Megane where you have to remove a wheel to get at the headlights!
We do all know, I hope, that not all cars have front fog lights. And if they do, they only light up a very close section of road in front of you.
All that said, if it was me, I would turn on the fog lights and get home at a reduced speed. Not so much to help me see, but to help others see me, and identify me as a car.