Boy Racers/Car modifiers....Why????
Discussion
butzi said:
Regarding front fog lights, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the fog light the one at the bottom of the bunmper, not very bright anyway, and usually pointing more downward than the headlight? I rarely use mine anyway except in dark country unlit roads so I can see the side of the roads better. But why does it annoy so many of you?
Fog lights have a 'B' stamped on the lens cover and although point down, are much brighter than 'dipped lights'...on some vehicles...they are almost blinding...the worst I believe is the Fiat Punto.
As for dark unlit roads....what's the problem with your high beams????? Or do you find the action of taking your hands from the wheel to turn off your fogs when another car is oncoming...somehow attractive..?
Streetcop said:
..they are almost blinding...
Especially for tired eyes.
I always try to line up fog-lighted cars for a full dose of high-beam - naughty but very satisfying
For rear fog lamps I just drive a little wider so their mirror gets my headlamps until a junction when I can get out and bang on their windows.
For people who use their footbrake when stopped (can't be arsed to use the handbrake) are just as bad too.
2005: "Now as for front fog lights in clear conditions....ticket every time... "
2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
VFK44 said:
2005: "Now as for front fog lights in clear conditions....ticket every time... "
2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
DRLs used in daytime and fog lights used at night are not really the same.2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
Some Gump said:
11 year old depressing thread.. Could it not have stayed gone?
I was just away say '2005 called and want their thread back' but then I noticed the date of the OP.Still, quite funny how many of the same arguments/moans in the OP are still trotted out by forum posters today.
Streetcop said:
^Slider^ said:
WASHER JET NEONS - These little things attach to the boy racer's washer jets, and are commonly available in any colour as long as it's a bright garish blue. Consequentially they are completely illegal in the UK resulting in boy racers often fitting switches to turn them on and off at will (much like any other illegal "mod"). They also look somewhat naff, merely serving the purpose of proving they have washer jets. Oooh, lucky them
Wasnt aware they were illigal. What offence?? Blue light to the front or energence warning beacon?
Wasnt aware they were illigal. What offence?? Blue light to the front or energence warning beacon?
Case law pending really....
Some are prosecuted for 'optional lights not complying with regulations'...ie: white/amber to front.
Also 'obligatory lights not complying with regulations'...ie: position lights not white/amber.
If they flash of course it the misuse of emergency beacon..
Personally, i've stopped issuing tickets...as the law is too vague regarding them...so i've put it on the back burner...
Now as for front fog lights in clear conditions..
..ticket every time...
"Driving lights", "foggy yesterday", "must have knocked 'em on with my knee", "didn't know"....b
ks...
king lights he had on at 11PM). I looked around the car I was about to overtake and saw the back end of a car in the distance traveling in the same direction as me and 1/4 mile away. Only as I pull out to overtake do I realise he is in fact coming towards me at escape velocity. I missed him by inches as I swerved back in, the guy behind me who had also pulled out to follow me missed the wker by microns.herewego said:
VFK44 said:
2005: "Now as for front fog lights in clear conditions....ticket every time... "
2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
DRLs used in daytime and fog lights used at night are not really the same.2016: "European Union Directive 2008/89/EC requires all passenger cars and small delivery vans first type approved on or after 7 February 2011 in the EU to come equipped with daytime running lights."
Amazing the difference a few years and a different label on the switch can make...
Curmudgeonly old gits aside, it is interesting to ponder on what has changed in the last 11 years...
Think how many of those hateful "modifications" listed by the OP have now become mainstream on most modern cars (above poverty spec of course)
e.g. tinted windows, body kits, larger (ie 15"+) alloys, decent stereos etc
The depressing thing is that I'm now 11 years closer to being a curmudgeonly old git myself: my years of sub woofers, lowered springs and anti-socially loud exhausts are all behind me.
Still, at least insurance is a lot cheaper.
Think how many of those hateful "modifications" listed by the OP have now become mainstream on most modern cars (above poverty spec of course)
e.g. tinted windows, body kits, larger (ie 15"+) alloys, decent stereos etc
The depressing thing is that I'm now 11 years closer to being a curmudgeonly old git myself: my years of sub woofers, lowered springs and anti-socially loud exhausts are all behind me.
Still, at least insurance is a lot cheaper.
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