[spodoinklehorse]

Simple question, is using your front fogs when theres no fog illegal in the UK or Northern Ireland? I was stopped by a cop last week who said it was + he'd drop a fine on me if he caught me again I use Ring sportzblue as dip lights + some ultra bright yellow fog bulbs I picked up in NYC, looks great!! Funny he never noticed the Ring bulbs are not road legal......

[marcel b]

I think you are only allowed to use them when you have bad visibility. (fog) In Holland you get a fine when using them otherwise. In Switzerland as well by the way, although here you are allowed to also use them on curvy roads when there is no bad visibility.

[xxp0loxx]

it is in Germany. may be some insight for the European region atleast. i miss running them all the time

[Vid]

226
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 but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236).


[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]

236
You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) 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]

As per Highway Code regulations in the UK

[xenon]

Absolutely. People who drive around with front fogs on instead of or as well as dipped beam when it's not foggy should be flogged and it looks daft.

[davyk31]

Def illegal and makes you look a bit silly to be as polite as possible.... switch them off when not needed.

[ed335d]

+1

[BigDman]

When i was a kid, me and my brother were messing around in the front seat pretending to drive before my mum got in the car.

We had accidently knocked the front fog lights and she didnt realise ( i know it sounds impossible given the big blue light on the dash but this is pretty typical of my mum )

We drove off in the middle of the day no fog at all. My mum was pullled over by the police within about 5 miles. They told her it was a convention they were advising drivers to follow, especially female to indicate they were under duress or in danger.

The police told her they would always pull over a driver especially a woman with passengers in the back if her front or back fogs were on unnecessarily to double check everything was ok.

This was back in the 90s so i am not sure if the police are still treating this as a distress signal.

[Skid]

Originally Posted by Vid

226
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 but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236).


[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]

236
You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) 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]

As per Highway Code regulations in the UK

This is correct

[toxicnerve]

Originally Posted by xenon

Absolutely. People who drive around with front fogs on instead of or as well as dipped beam when it's not foggy should be flogged and it looks daft.

Totally agree. I cannot abide people who use foglights (front or rear) at inappropriate times (including when the slightest bit of drizzle falls). Drives me fucking nuts and it's 10x worse at night when they can be quite dazzling.

If it's the fronts you just end seeing two white dots and nothing else. If it's the rears (especially if there are two lights, one either side) your brain just keeps screaming "he's braking" all the time.

People who drive around with either front/rear or both sets of fogs on all the time are fucking idiots and should be given 3 points and a £1,000 fine. See how many chav mongs would do it then.

[doughboy]

but da fogz is gangsta innit.

[Shah24]

Originally Posted by toxicnerve

Totally agree. I cannot abide people who use foglights (front or rear) at inappropriate times (including when the slightest bit of drizzle falls). Drives me fucking nuts and it's 10x worse at night when they can be quite dazzling.

If it's the fronts you just end seeing two white dots and nothing else. If it's the rears (especially if there are two lights, one either side) your brain just keeps screaming "he's braking" all the time.

People who drive around with either front/rear or both sets of fogs on all the time are fucking idiots and should be given 3 points and a £1,000 fine. See how many chav mongs would do it then.

+1 This is one thing that annoys me a lot.

[xenon]

I despair at this time of year now we get early morning fog. If you're out on the Lincolnshire Fens in a pea-souper then having your rear fogs on is fair enough. If someone comes up behind you it's nice to turn them off once they've obviously seen you.

However, some people turn them on at the slightest sign of mist IN FCUKING CITY CENTRES!! Drives me mental. Sitting at traffic lights with some bastard in front with rear fogs on, and brakes, giving me a headache. This despite the fact we can clearly see cars 10 in front who haven't got fogs on.

I can't abide fog lights and inappropriate use should be punishable by death and those who turn them on "cos it looks well cool innit" should be labotomised, if they haven't been already.

[335i E92]

Originally Posted by toxicnerve

Totally agree. I cannot abide people who use foglights (front or rear) at inappropriate times (including when the slightest bit of drizzle falls). Drives me fucking nuts and it's 10x worse at night when they can be quite dazzling.

If it's the fronts you just end seeing two white dots and nothing else. If it's the rears (especially if there are two lights, one either side) your brain just keeps screaming "he's braking" all the time.

People who drive around with either front/rear or both sets of fogs on all the time are fucking idiots and should be given 3 points and a £1,000 fine. See how many chav mongs would do it then.

+ 100'000'000

Escort elbow / Oakley mirrored sunglasses / tunes a pumpin at the lights / drivin up everyones chuff / Fog lights on

This just makes everyone think all BMW drivers are cocks!!

[toxicnerve]

Originally Posted by 335i E92

+ 100'000'000

That's the highest "+" I'v ever had! One Hundred MILLION!



Glad I'm not the only one that gets annoyed by this. Some people think it's petyy but it does my head in, maybe I am just overly sensitive to bright light (artifact of working at home in a dimmly lit room perhaps ) but it can be a real distaction when driving.

[JoJoUK]

Originally Posted by toxicnerve

Totally agree. I cannot abide people who use foglights (front or rear) at inappropriate times (including when the slightest bit of drizzle falls). Drives me fucking nuts and it's 10x worse at night when they can be quite dazzling.

If it's the fronts you just end seeing two white dots and nothing else. If it's the rears (especially if there are two lights, one either side) your brain just keeps screaming "he's braking" all the time.

People who drive around with either front/rear or both sets of fogs on all the time are fucking idiots and should be given 3 points and a £1,000 fine. See how many chav mongs would do it then.

+1

Fog lights should have a 6 digit pin code which needs to be entered in order to turn themon

[parapaul]

Originally Posted by spodoinklehorse

I use Ring sportzblue as dip lights + some ultra bright yellow fog bulbs I picked up in NYC, looks great!!

Did you gather yet that you're the only person who thinks so?

to the copper who pulled you, and I hope he pulls many others for the same idiotic behaviour too.

[jonl1983]

Originally Posted by xenon

Absolutely. People who drive around with front fogs on instead of or as well as dipped beam when it's not foggy should be flogged and it looks daft.

+1

i was driving over the severn bridge around 4 am the other week, i saw a car flying up behind me with side lights and fogs on only, as i pulled in i was horrified to see it was a middle aged man driving a 320 Tourer, if your on here, shame on you!! Not only did you look ridiculous but its also highly dangerous!!

why do people think it looks good, knobheads