Firstly, dont get me wrong - I dont turn on the fogs for no reason 'just to look good' (honest, im not 17) but given the slightest opportunity I do. :P

During relatively bad weather down in Poole yesterday evening I had my front fogs on as it was pouring with rain on a busy A-road.

Two drivers flashed me, I presumably in an attempt to make me turn them off. Was I in the wrong or what? :confused:

Discuss...

using front or back fog lights is ilegal unless visibility is 100 metres or less.Tom.

If it was raining so hard that your visibility was impaired, you were right to have them on. Otherwise they should have been off.

A lot of drivers seem to run on front foglights because on modern cars like the Fabia you can't turn the rear foglights on without turning the front ones on first. These drivers want to run on rear foglights in the belief that they are a defence against tailgaters.

This debate pops up all over the place quite often - never gets resolved!

I personally think that as long as you're not going to dazzle other drivers (which is normally badly adjusted headlights rather than foggers, IMHO) it's fine - on a country lane at night they can be a godsend, regardless of conditions.

I was cruising round Blackpool the other night with my front fogs on and got pulled by PC Attitude. He was about to dish up a

It would definately seem like its a no no if its not foggy.

Clue might be in the name - fog lights

Chris

If it's not foggy.......Don't use your Fogs......Smiple

With front fogs, if they are not set ridiculously too high, the beam pattern is carefully controlled so that there is very little 'scatter' of light into oncoming drivers' eyes, as all the light is fed onto the road.

When it is raining (however hard) and the road is wet, the light is just reflected off the wet road straight into the oncoming drivers' eyes. This is why you should NOT use them when it is just raining and it is illegal and irresponsible to do so.

In FOG or Falling SNOW (which is what the things are designed for) the problem does not arise and the lights do what they are supposed to - to enable YOU to see the road without any scatter of light which would blind YOU!

In no way does having them on when you are not supposed to look "cool" , everyone just thinks that you are a muppet!

Richard (with an IAM licence!)

I find I would always put them on in heavy Rain on the motorways

because i can't see the lights of the car in front so makes me think

I better put my back one on

and as I got to put the fronts on before the backs work then

ah well the fronts come on

Front fogs are the preserve of BMW drivers and chav's

IMHO of course

Fluff

The only time i use mine when its not foggy is on twisty narrow B roads because i find that they illuminate more of the edges of the road. Asides that i will not use them in rain, snow.

Should use them in fog only. In rain they just dazzle people more than normal.

No sympathy for anyone who gets pulled for using them - they deserve the fine, IMHO.

Rear fogs should NEVER EVER be used except in REALLY bad visibility - accident waiting to happen :thumbdwn:

Using them in rain dazzles other drivers. The police can hand out a

Using them in rain dazzles other drivers. The police can hand out a

I dislike cars that have both rear foglights lit- personally I think this is dangerous and unnecessary (and still illegal in several European Countries). It makes you think the person is braking when they aren't. I pulled out on the motorway a week ago from behind a slow car, van on the outside passed looked in my mirror and when to pull out, looked forward and saw what I thought the van was braking... As it was a van I couldn't see anything up ahead! I know some cars have a third brake light but still, surely one fog light is good enough?

And even just having a single foglight isn't foolproof as every other car on the road at the moment seems to have a brakelight out anyway!

Chris

I think that is the reason there's only one. However the brain is conditioned after years of driving to react to a bright red light with the right foot. In fog the effect is somewhat the opposite - you get used to every car having foglights on and have to concentrate like mad not to miss brakelights...

I was cruising round Blackpool the other night with my front fogs on and got pulled by PC Attitude. He was about to dish up a

theres loads of new cars that have their lights on all the time including the front fogs seen about 6 octis with the full set on in the fronts but then they might be showing off their "C" rear cluster! haha

A friend of mine has a roadster (like me) and the sidelights are seperate to the main beam, and he's been pulled for having his fogs on. He got the copper to find where there may be a fog switch as the car is not fitted with fog lights. Stupid plod

I think most front fogs are a waste of time and they do dazzle especially in the wet.

If used properly, ie in thick fog then headlights should be off.

The police will pull using fogs,front or rear, when conditions do not warrant it.

I got a

Should use them in fog only. In rain they just dazzle people more than normal.

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COULDNT AGREE MORE!!!!!

Might as well add my voice.

Fog lights are for fog only. Anyone (even if its the queen) who drives with fogs on when there is no fog, is a prize ****

On a Motorway when it has been rainning heavly the fog of spray means normal tail lights are almost useless, making seeing the car in front or the traffic further up the carriageway is impossible.

I would deem this as 'reduced' visability to justify using a rear fog light. But because the switch design of the Octy the fronts come on first... But if correctly aligned they should not dazzle anyone. and thus shoud be used in conditions as described....

So Fog lights should be renamed as reduced visability lights..

cheers

Dazz