pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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And this country goes TO POT 
Observations from today:
95% of people with the wrong lights on (no lights, sidelights, sidelights and fog lights) - a good 20% had no lights at all on.
20mph is NOT the speed limit because you can't see a mile into the distance.
There is no need to brake EVERYTIME something comes towards you.
Thanks to all of he substandard driving I have endured today, I've spent 3 hours in the car to do 36 miles. I can't WAIT till tomorrow
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Thank fuck I didn't leave the house today. Was skighy foggy last night and had to follow some right remedials doing35mph in a 60
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
There is no need to brake EVERYTIME something comes towards you.
Some people do that when it's clear
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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safety first. better to take care than drive like a burk in bad conditions because you think you are immortal.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
safety first. better to take care than drive like a burk in bad conditions because you think you are immortal.
this tbh
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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If fog is really thick at night you can see better if you put your fog lights on and just have sidelights on rather than your main headlights.
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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If i didnt know the road and it was foggy and poor visibility then I would be sitting at a slower speed
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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ask jenko how you drive in fog at like 2am on the m6 toll...
and by fog i mean you couldnt see lights of a car if they were about 5m in front of you was that thick and having lights on or on full beam made it near impossible to see anyway .
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Since DRL becoming popular, I've noticed a marked increase in people using the wrong lights.
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Pow has done adavnced driving don't you know.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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surely this slower driving will help his mpg?
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I did a good 20 miles of driving today, everyone had their fogs on and no one was driving slowly and the fog was pretty damn thick here.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
If fog is really thick at night you can see better if you put your fog lights on and just have sidelights on rather than your main headlights.
This as it liiumiates the lower air with no vapour in it
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
If fog is really thick at night you can see better if you put your fog lights on and just have sidelights on rather than your main headlights.
THIS.
Fog was bad on the way home from work today. So i had sidelights and fogs on.
It just goes to show that 90% of people on the road dont really know how to drive, just how to make the car move and stop.
Also, at lunchtime, the fog was quite thin. Yet there were people driving with every light on there car on!!
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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People are gay. Not any particular type of people, just those who own a car and are above 30.
They can't even manage to drive home in the dark now without slowing down every time another car comes the other way, never mind a bit of mist.
Couple that with an inability to use foglights (errr, no need to have front fogs on when you're travelling in traffic) and you might as well stay at home.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
quote:
Originally posted by mwg
If fog is really thick at night you can see better if you put your fog lights on and just have sidelights on rather than your main headlights.
THIS.
Fog was bad on the way home from work today. So i had sidelights and fogs on.
It just goes to show that 90% of people on the road dont really know how to drive, just how to make the car move and stop.
Also, at lunchtime, the fog was quite thin. Yet there were people driving with every light on there car on!!
I used to always think people were twats that did it but then worked out that its actually better if the fog is really bad. Although 99% of the people you see doing this are doing it in normal weather conditions or when there is hardly any fog
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Nic Barnes
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THIS
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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THAT?
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
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Cole
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pow doesnt worry about mpg he has access to a prius lol
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
If fog is really thick at night you can see better if you put your fog lights on and just have sidelights on rather than your main headlights.
That's how your meant to have them anyways.
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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I'm baffled by a lot of manufacturers, the idea is to have sidelights and front fogs on but generally rear fogs only work when you've got your dipped beam on 
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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I've got no choice on my Polo as both the Fog Light switches are on one, (if that makes sense), so I pull it once for front fogs, then pull it again for rear fogs.
I thought fuck it tonight I put my dipped beam on and dropped the level of the lights to lowest it went and put my fogs on (yes it was foggy) didnt seem to bother anyone.
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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tbh in 10 years of driving ive never needed to use front fogs, dont see the point in them.
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Andyrs1800
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
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Driving with foglights on in my eyes is like them people who wear oakleys indoors when there is a tiny bit of sun outside. Usually the same people who drive bmw's with a bluetooth headset in etc etc etc.
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