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have they nothing better to do?
i was stopped by the cops for having my fog lights on and driving in the right hand lane. is this just a pathetic excuse for them to stop me or was i really causing a problem/danger?
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Good! read the highway code. The police where doing their job and you where in the wrong place wrong time. Dont slag the police off for doing their job, otherwise they might not do their job when you need them to and no doubt you would slag them off for that as well.Why did you have your fog lamps on anyway. Was it to make you look cool, is your eye sight bad. There is a clue in their name, and as for driving in the outside lane, Why? whats up with the correct lane. Please dont this personally but these are two of my pet hates! Learn from it.
maybe he had the fog lights on to make his car go faster or is he pig ignorant of the safety of other road users yes you were a problem/danger to other road users also being selfish for hogging the outside lane READ THE HIGWAY CODE before you slag the coppers off
and as for the cops well they were just doing their job which is what we pay them for
and as for the cops well they were just doing their job which is what we pay them for
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I'm happy to agree with everyone else here.
I'll point out, though, that having your fog lights on (when they're not required) not only dazzles other drivers but it also serves to obscure your brake lights. Someone following you would see bright red lights at the rear of your car. When you braked, your brake lights would be far less noticeable (because there would be little difference in the brightness of your rear lights) than if your fog lights were switched off. So, it's far more likely that you might get 30-odd tons of truck ploughing into the rear of your car.
People leaving fog lights on, when they're not required, is something which really annoys me. I used to have to drive, in the early hours of the morning, between Suffolk and the West Midlands. The A14 is notorious for patchy fog but I always tried to ensure that I only had my fog lights switched on when visibility was actually less than 100m. This meant that, during a journey of 130 miles, I would probably turn them on, and then off again, at least a dozen times.
Having written all that, everone makes the odd mistake. In over half a million miles of driving I've only ever been stopped by the police three times. Two of these were routine checks. The only time I've ever been stopped for a driving offence was - yes, you've guessed it! - for having my fog lights on! Well, nobody's perfect :-)
Chris
I'll point out, though, that having your fog lights on (when they're not required) not only dazzles other drivers but it also serves to obscure your brake lights. Someone following you would see bright red lights at the rear of your car. When you braked, your brake lights would be far less noticeable (because there would be little difference in the brightness of your rear lights) than if your fog lights were switched off. So, it's far more likely that you might get 30-odd tons of truck ploughing into the rear of your car.
People leaving fog lights on, when they're not required, is something which really annoys me. I used to have to drive, in the early hours of the morning, between Suffolk and the West Midlands. The A14 is notorious for patchy fog but I always tried to ensure that I only had my fog lights switched on when visibility was actually less than 100m. This meant that, during a journey of 130 miles, I would probably turn them on, and then off again, at least a dozen times.
Having written all that, everone makes the odd mistake. In over half a million miles of driving I've only ever been stopped by the police three times. Two of these were routine checks. The only time I've ever been stopped for a driving offence was - yes, you've guessed it! - for having my fog lights on! Well, nobody's perfect :-)
Chris
Good post Beunchico, honest, it does not matter how carefull you, or I, drive, mistakes are inevetable!
Foglights annoy me aswell, they are totaly redundant 99.9% of the time.
At least the car I have automatically turns all the fog lights off when I switch the ordinary lights off, people switch their foglights on when the first spot of rain hits the windscreen which means everytime they switch their lights on for the rest of the year the fog lights come on aswell!
regarding foglights blinding you when they are on thy also affect hgv/psv drivers as well but worse as reflect onto the tarmac and bounce up
I have a cure for it (yes I know it is illegal but it works) flash your full beam to attract their attention until they switch them off
and as for dan no 1 whether or not he is trying to wind us up or is he a plonker I would say yes to the latter
just met one this morning m60, 4 empty lanes he was in lane 3 with front fog lights on, also couple of months ago m61, 3 empty lanes he's in outside lane, unfortunately for him concrete block also in outside lane (ripped his sump off flames everywhere) if he had been in right lane would not have happened to him.
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