Fog Lights in rain
Discussion
Hairy Bob said:
Personally I would like it if cars would automatically turn their fog lights off if they hit over 50mph.
Now that... is a very good idea. It amazes me the fact that people have such low intellegence that they can't work ot, or be considererate enought to turn them off when they can see a car behind them.
Getting deja vu here with another thread...
Friday just gone, M40, heavy rain, appalling spray, visibility less than 100 metres. Much less at times. Several people had their fog lights on. I had no problem with it at all. I should add none of them were doing excessive speed (that I could determine and in my opinion).
I find it hard to criticise anyone who has assessed the conditions for themselves, and decided it might make themselves more visible to other road users to use fog lights. The highway code doesn't say fog lights are only for fog, only that they must be off when visibility is better than 100m. Nothing wrong with trying to make yourself visible in such poor conditions in my opinion.
Of course if it's clear and they're still on, that's a different story - they're not an excuse for going faster or sitting closer to the car in front. The coefficient of grip of a road doesn't change according to how many lights you have on.
Friday just gone, M40, heavy rain, appalling spray, visibility less than 100 metres. Much less at times. Several people had their fog lights on. I had no problem with it at all. I should add none of them were doing excessive speed (that I could determine and in my opinion).
I find it hard to criticise anyone who has assessed the conditions for themselves, and decided it might make themselves more visible to other road users to use fog lights. The highway code doesn't say fog lights are only for fog, only that they must be off when visibility is better than 100m. Nothing wrong with trying to make yourself visible in such poor conditions in my opinion.
Of course if it's clear and they're still on, that's a different story - they're not an excuse for going faster or sitting closer to the car in front. The coefficient of grip of a road doesn't change according to how many lights you have on.
Hairy Bob said:
Personally I would like it if cars would automatically turn their fog lights off if they hit over 50mph.
Nope disagree. A speed limiter should be put in place when the fogs are on and the limiter stays on until the fogs are switched off.
The people who drive with fogs on won't work it out and they'll be stuck to 50MPH.
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