Fog Lights , when Visibility is less than 100 Yards is,............Fogs and Headlights or Fogs and Sidelights..............What about at Night are the rules the same??

The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989:

Requirements about the use of headlamps and front fog lamps

25.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a vehicle which is fitted with obligatory dipped-beam headlamps unless every such lamp is kept lit-

(a) during the hours of darkness, except on a road which is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 by virtue of a system of street lighting when it is lit; and

( in seriously reduced visibility.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply-

(a) in the case of a motor vehicle fitted with one obligatory dipped-beam headlamp or a solo motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination fitted with a pair of obligatory dipped-beam headlamps, if a main-beam headlamp or a front fog lamp is kept lit;

( in the case of a motor vehicle, other than a solo motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination, fitted with a pair of obligatory dipped-beam headlamps, if-

(i) a pair of main-beam headlamps is kept lit; or

(ii) in seriously reduced visibility, a pair of front fog lamps which is so fitted that the outermost part of the illuminated area of each lamp in the pair is not more than 400 mm from the outer edge of the vehicle is kept lit;

© to a vehicle being drawn by another vehicle;

(d) to a vehicle while being used to propel a snow plough; or

(e) to a vehicle which is parked.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation a headlamp shall not be regarded as lit if its intensity is reduced by a dim-dip device.

AND...

Restrictions on the use of lamps other than those to which regulation 24 refers

27. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road any vehicle on which any lamp, hazard warning signal device or warning beacon of a type specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below is used in a manner specified in that item in column 3.

Item No.: 2

Type of lamp, hazard warning signal device or warning beacon: Front fog lamp

Manner of use prohibited:

(a) Used so as to cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other persons using the road.

( Used so as to be lit at any time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.

© Used so as to be lit when a vehicle is parked.

Fog Lights , when Visibility is less than 100 Yards is,............Fogs and Headlights or Fogs and Sidelights..............What about at Night are the rules the same??

THEY CERTAINLY ARE!

Note: A front fog light is a driving lamp which is less that 24" or 60 cm from the road surface. They MUST NOT be used except :

1. In visibility less that 100 yrds

2. In falling snow

Ps. Rear fog lights must be wired to the main beam switch circuit.

Front fog lights to the side light circuit

Penalty for misuse is up to £200 fine and 3 points

Penalty for misuse is up to

Pitty it's never Inforced:mad:

Absolutely. However, one of my pupils boyfriends was pulled over and warned about it last week for using his fronts on a clear night.

Chris

PS. Switching off the rear ones when someone has caught up with you, even when the visibility is very poor, is always a good idea. Gives the folks behind a better chance of seeing your brake lights.

Penalty for misuse is up to

Ps. Rear fog lights must be wired to the main beam switch circuit.

Main beam? :confused:

Chris

Main beam? :confused:

Main beam switch circuit being the same dipped or not, maybe?

Main beam switch circuit being the same dipped or not, maybe?

That was my interpretation.

I reckon I only use rear fogs a handful of times a year, but the fronts VERY rarely.

A local traffic police car has a LED message in the back window which is customisable. When out with my brother in his Megane with front fogs on (trust me, I really don't approve), the police car pulled in front of us and up flashed "Turn the fogs OFF".

Quite subtle I thought.

A local traffic police car has a LED message in the back window which is customisable.

me wants!

I got pulled over in a hire Fabia for having the front fogs on. I knew they were on but I couldn't figure out how to turn them off. Luckily the nice policewoman owned a Golf and so turned them off for me.

me wants!

I put together a little kit once with a selection of messages, one of which was the fogs off, another "muppet". Apparently illegal to use it so my girlfriend at the time kindly disassembled it.

"muppet".

I've got a special hand signal for that

PS. Switching off the rear ones when someone has caught up with you, even when the visibility is very poor, is always a good idea. Gives the folks behind a better chance of seeing your brake lights.

Sometimes if I'm at the end of a line of traffic I think it would be great to just have the rears on so that I'm not dazzling the person in front of me. Shame you can't do that in the Fabia.

I am glad somebody agrees that fog lights should only be used when the weather conidtions allow - really winds me up!

A local traffic police car has a LED message in the back window which is customisable.

Ive seen somewhere where you can get an LED thingy that does this. Apparantly its legal!!

Ive seen somewhere where you can get an LED thingy that does this. Apparantly its legal!!

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