x14xe sport
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rear fog lights,
now i always thought that when the visability was pretty bad you turned your fogs on to give cars coming up behind you more chance to see you due to the poor weather, once the car was say 40 metres behind and you knew was aware of your presence you switched your fog off and the car behind kept those on and so it continues down the line as cars catch up, but this must be wrong as....
today it has been very foggy near me, every car has trundled along at 30-35mph on a pretty straight A road with fog lights blazing as i approach, i know fogs arent massively bright but it annoys me that they dont turn them off as it takes your focus away from the road i find. a few little flashes of full beam ends up with the brake lights flashing and a nice v sign from the driver in front. twats. this seems typical of most drivers so i must be wrong 
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BarnshaW
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i have never been advised to turn rear fogs off as a car approaches?
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gavin18787
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yer turn them off when traffic behind you. Doesnt dazzle them and can see your brake lights better 
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andyc1234
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just overtake tbh
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x14xe sport
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in the fog, love to
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andyc1234
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its great fun isnt it
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P1CK4D
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I never use them as I live in fear of recieving a fine because I drive through a part where there is no fog but the light is on.
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gavin18787
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fair point as I dont think there is a fine for not having them on
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Mark.W
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I leave mine on even if there is a car behind me.
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Simon_16v
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I left both my front and back ones home from work this evening and still 2 cars nearly ended up in the back of me although i was following traffic doing 50
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P1CK4D
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon_16v
I left both my front and back ones home from work this evening and still 2 cars nearly ended up in the back of me although i was following traffic doing 50
Do they work?
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Simon_16v
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Yeah i check all lights every week when i wash the car. One was a van so probably driving like a badger as per and the other was a car that kept a decent distance then next minute was 2foot off my bumper lol
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P1CK4D
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon_16v
Yeah i check all lights every week when i wash the car. One was a van so probably driving like a badger as per and the other was a car that kept a decent distance then next minute was 2foot off my bumper lol
Do you really? I don't know how you can be bothered 
Maybe you were just driving like an annoying old or black person?
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corsayoung
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
quote:
Originally posted by Simon_16v
Yeah i check all lights every week when i wash the car. One was a van so probably driving like a badger as per and the other was a car that kept a decent distance then next minute was 2foot off my bumper lol
Do you really? I don't know how you can be bothered
Maybe you were just driving like an annoying old or black person?
no need to be racist sonny mate really.. is there.
bit of repsect maybe?
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Simon_16v
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
quote:
Originally posted by Simon_16v
Yeah i check all lights every week when i wash the car. One was a van so probably driving like a badger as per and the other was a car that kept a decent distance then next minute was 2foot off my bumper lol
Do you really? I don't know how you can be bothered
Maybe you were just driving like an annoying old or black person?
Well when you live near a busy city like York you can only go with the flow so i wasnt going slow. I also get to check the lights as Ibiza's are terrible with the front lights and condensation but i only get it when i wash my car. So i obviously leave the lights on to dry the condensation up
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AndyCorsaSport
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Was bad last night where i live, had front and back on all the way home, although didnt see many other cars on the road, the few cars coming towards me decided to leave there main beam on though, twats, do people not understand main beam makes fog worse??
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Root
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you use them when you cannot see 100 meters ahead of you due to fog. I've never heard of turning them off when a car is behind you tbh they're hardly bright at all, the brake lights of some new cars are dazzling when you're in traffic behind them and the retard doesn't know what a clutch is or a handbrake. surprised they're legal
[Edited on 12-12-2009 by Root]
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
Maybe you were just driving like an annoying old or black person?
Omfg
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