Rear fog lights are bad for safety

[Artie Fufkin]

Due to the fact that we should "Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear", surely rear fog lights artificially lengthen that distance.

In heavy fog you're driving and get used to seeing rear fog lights and drive at a speed which will allow you to stop well within the distance that is between you and the car with fog lights on in front of you. But then something is on the road without rear fogs [another vehicle or a junction or a deer or a kid or a tree] and you haven't time to react because you are not driving within the distance you can see to be clear.

Would it not be safer if we got rid of rear fogs?

[Artie Fufkin]

djcatshow said:

Based on the same logic I surely should not be driving at night either given that neither pedestrians nor trees have any lights at all (unless its Christmas I guess).

But headlights illuminate unlit things at night, so I don't see how your point is valid to what I was saying regarding rear fog lights?