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[quote][i]Originally posted by el gordo[/i] by the way, for informational purposes, and to clarify beyond doubt... [quote] Highway Code:- 94. You MUST NOT use [b]any[/b] lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is [b]seriously[/b] reduced. You [b]MUST[/b] switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users. Law RVLR reg 27 201. You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights (in addition to headlights) but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see rule 211). Law RVLR regs 25 & 27 211. You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see rule 201) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves. Law RVLR regs 25 & 27 [/quote] and then this follows from the ACPO, clarifies it is an offence and it is recommended they prosecute instead of warn: [b]ACPO Home Office Guideline "Offence Group 21", CJS code RL 89163, Statue R27 RVLR 89 "Misuse of lamps: - fog lamps (front/rear)" with a recommendation of prosecution rather than warning, and a VDRN if necessary.[/b] This means you'll be done for it, not told off if the copper is following the guidelines (only superceded by local directives to tollerate or clamp down). This also means if they're on because they're faulty, and you fail to fix it in a set time, then your car can be impounded and even crushed, so don't even THINK about hard-wiring them on... As for people who claim theirs are driving lights and as a result aren't as bad... WRONG!!! They're worse! A: represents the wide and low beam pattern of a standard fog light. Standard fog lights will help widen your field of vision in fog and other circumstances of poor visibility, especially on single lane highways and country roads. B: represents the wide and low pattern of a projector fog light. Projector fog lights are usually slightly more expensive than standard fog lights but provide a brighter, longer beam. C: represents the narrow and long pattern cast by an auxiliary driving light. Auxiliary driving lights are helpful for driving in poor lighting conditions where your forward vision is an issue. [img]http://www.carcentral.net/content/guides/pictures/Three_Types_Of_Auxiliary_Lights.jpg[/img] So, similar intensities but the beam is cast higher, further and more "in your face" than fogs - so don't hide behind "ooh, it's ok, they're not real fog lamps" cos they're worse! The law allows for any lights which dazzle, not just fogs. I'm sure anyone who rides motorbikes, drives SUV's or 4x4s or other high-set road-view position vehicles (as well as driving regular cars) can testify how painful it is to be met by oncoming fogs, and even worse 'driving' lights' in night, and even in daytime are dazzled by them. The motorbike circumstance is made worse by the curvature of the visor, and the fact that tints are illegal so there's no protection whatsoever. PS - rain isn't a circumstance to try them out either, as the reflection back from the road simply adds to the problem. Oooh, and another thing - if your kits are wired to flick the fogs or aux-driving lights on when you go to full-beam (so out in the sticks, or when flashing people) then again, it's still an offence as the minute they light up, the wrong lens-type is being used as a headlight and there's the whole issue I mentioned earlier about "Designation of Approval Marks" Regulations to back this up. Finally, according to a chap I know who's still current job (traffic), as well as 2 others who are ex-job, foglights with window down usually gets a tug and a breathalyser cos pissheads tend to drive with the window down, and not realise their fogs are on (or try to look cool by putting them on) and it's a perfect chance to check for drugs, knives, stolen goods - so a 3 minute pull can be turned into a 20 minute grilling and REALLY inconvenience you. If you'd had the fogs off? Probably no pull. Add a baseball cap in and they'll be even more likely to go for the bait and put the cap on arse about face, and yer asking for it (and usually fail what most coppers term the "attitude test" for behaviour when stopped, respect shown toward the law, cooperation in execution of duty [they want it over with as fast as you do, just do as you're told!] though this decreases in severity if there's no audience from mates, girlfriend or bystanders). 2 of them reckoned they had colleagues who considered it "fun" to play with the 'hot hatches'" and pull them as often as practical, depending on how busy it was, cos of the likelihood of finding illegal goods, illegal motors, people with outstanding warrants etc etc. They'd be more likely to pull if the fogs were on, purely for considering the driver a prize twat. so, is it REALLY worth the hassle, let alone the real danger you're causing to other road users, just so your pinhead mates think yer tricked up motor looks a bit cooler with them on? :D [/quote]
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