For the first time ive got a car with front foglights, Im not going to get all ‘fast and furious’ with them, but when it is foggy what do I do with them? Turn them on I spose, but do I turn my headlights off?

When it’s really foggy I find that usually fogs and dipped beam is best, but it depends on the fog, some just throws light straight back at you, the fog lights are designed to go underneath it and illuminate a bit of the road. When it is foggy enough to use them just play about until you see what wors for that particular fog.
And don’t forget to turn them off again when it’s not foggy any more!

Highway code throw any light on the situation?

but do I turn my headlights off?

Do you have a driving license ?!

Well I thought the point was they stopped you being dazzled by the reflected light from the headlights, how do they do that if they’re still on?
Not trolling genuine question, yes I do have a license despite being a truly awful driver, and I passed my test so long ago it was before cars had foglights, why would I have a copy of the highway code 🙂

Just leave ’em on all the time. Life will be simpler that way.

Then i’d have to shake my fist at myself.

Then i’d have to shake my fist at myself.

FIFY

Oh, I’m so banned…..

If I could do that I’d be in the circus

why would I have a copy of the highway code

Always worth a read – you may be surprised what changes there have been since the advent of fog lights and combustion engines. 😀

https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving/highway-code

But no, it doesn’t say too much about fog lights other than they are good idea when it is foggy and it is illegal to drive with them on at other times.
https://www.gov.uk/driving-adverse-weather-conditions-226-to-237/fog-234-to-236

Drive in the dark, they come on automatically when it’s foggy enough!

Not the kind of circus I’d take my kids to…

New car ads here in Western Oz seem to mention front fog lights as a selling point. Which is strange as I’ve never seen fog here.

It is illegal to use fog lights unless the visibility is down to less than 100 metres.

And it is only “fog” if visibility is less than 1km, otherwise it is just “mist”. FACT!

[/quote]sweepy – Member

If I could do that I’d be in the circus

Not neccessarily… 😯
Fog lights work with your headlights to give a fill-in effect picking out the edges of the road without dazzle.
Simples 😀

It is illegal to use fog lights unless the visibility is down to less than 100 metres.

Not quite. The <100m thing applies to headlights – you must use them if visibility is less than 100m.

There’s no specific distance offered for fog lights, it’s merely illegal to use them unless visibility is “seriously reduced.”

What about rear fog lights, is a bit of drizzle sufficient to justify their use?

“What about rear fog lights, is a bit of drizzle sufficient to justify their use?”

in town NEVER. especially in aberdeen where your never doing more than 3mph more than 3 foot from the car infront. Fog light , holding on the brake – either way as the car behind it does my nut in.

You’ve got a car with a NEW BUTTON! You must use it whenever you feel like it… one day you’ll be driving along, a bit bored and start thinking “Ooh, that button, haven’t pressed that in a while”… then you must press it. You can’t see the results, so what does it matter when?

If I could do that I’d be in the circus

ringmaster ?

Well I thought the point was they stopped you being dazzled by the reflected light from the headlights, how do they do that if they’re still on?

Mainbeam = dazzled.
Dipped + fog = can sort of see.

Thanks all, I actually think if they work they might be handy, we do get a fair bit of mist and fog here with living near a river.
I was actually surprised that I can turn my headlights off and leave fogs on, thats why I thought there might be some conditions where that was the thing to do.
Ringmaster- snigger 🙂

trail_rat – Member

“What about rear fog lights, is a bit of drizzle sufficient to justify their use?”

in town NEVER. especially in aberdeen where your never doing more than 3mph more than 3 foot from the car infront. Fog light , holding on the brake – either way as the car behind it does my nut in.
I was joking, never had the need to use the rear ones more than once or twice in fog in my entire life. Although they are useful for shitting up tailgaters at night (if they are part of your main light clusters) who think they are brake lights!

They’re a waste of time and money in my view; they don’t improve your vision in fog over dipped headlights and idiots leave them on to annoy me.

My Passat has daytime driving lights and I’ve programmed them OFF in case anybody thinks I’m an incompetent driver with my fogs on.

Agree with trail rat – far too many people using foglights when it rains, thought the name would have been a clue for when to use them.

deano8 – Member

It is illegal to use fog lights unless the visibility is down to less than 100 metres.

Incorrect.

There is no hard and fast rule. The Highway Code suggests using them if visibility is “seriously reduced”, but doesn’t define what “seriously reduced” is; the police driving manual “Roadcraft” suggests only using foglamps when visibility is reduced to 100m or less.

The federales take a dim view of using them in anything other than zero visibility.

… as I said just up there ^^

far too many people using foglights when it rains, thought the name would have been a clue for when to use them.

The name’s a misnomer. If visibility is seriously reduced, “fog” lights may be appropriate in rain.

(can open, worms everywhere)