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Daft or just missing the point?
Started By Paul_S, Dec 06 2011 10:03 PM
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Posted 06 December 2011 - 10:03 PM
Tonight I saw a Prius bimbling along with it's front a rear fog lights burning away on a perfectly clear night.
Do you think the driver is just daft or missing the point of a (part) battery car?
Do you think the driver is just daft or missing the point of a (part) battery car?
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 04:09 AM
Ooh, come to yankland, if they've got them, they're turned on! 
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 06:07 AM
i think it is illegal to have them on when not foggy. If is't not is should be.
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 12:17 PM
Chilli Red, on 07 December 2011 - 06:07 AM, said:
i think it is illegal to have them on when not foggy. If is't not is should be.
It is illegal, I was pulled for this years ago, although I had only left them on between patches of fog, for about 600 yards ?
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 01:23 PM
200 quid max fine if i remember correctly.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 02:28 AM
Chilli Red, on 07 December 2011 - 06:07 AM, said:
i think it is illegal to have them on when not foggy. If is't not is should be.
Yup, certainly illegal, check the highway code. I'm 99% certain it is here as well, classed as using ancillary lighting or something, but it's not cracked down on anywhere near the UK level, and that's pretty poor in my experience.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 08:16 PM
theshrekster, on 07 December 2011 - 12:17 PM, said:
It is illegal, I was pulled for this years ago, although I had only left them on between patches of fog, for about 600 yards ?
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 08:32 PM
It's stupidity that comes in varieing degrees, on one hand you have those that don't turn on any lights when it's dark to the ones that turn everything on when it's not needed.
I really think the way people learn how to drive needs to be reevaluated.
I really think the way people learn how to drive needs to be reevaluated.
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Posted 10 December 2011 - 10:40 PM
I've not checked, but it is illegal in the UK (ie you can be pulled over for it, but I don't know about fines, points, etc.).
I wonder whether it might be a Toyota switchgear thing though.
The switch for the foglights on my Celica is a rotating switch on the light/indicator stalk, and when I bought mine and drove it home they were on, but I didn't notice. I stopped for petrol on the way home, and only noticed then - I forget how and why, but it might have been while admiring its/my reflection. It was a nice sunny day, so of course I switched them off, and have only used them one day since.
I bet it is easy to catch the switch though, if you're not paying attention, and there's no other obvious sign that you're even more illuminating than usual.
I wonder whether it might be a Toyota switchgear thing though.
The switch for the foglights on my Celica is a rotating switch on the light/indicator stalk, and when I bought mine and drove it home they were on, but I didn't notice. I stopped for petrol on the way home, and only noticed then - I forget how and why, but it might have been while admiring its/my reflection. It was a nice sunny day, so of course I switched them off, and have only used them one day since.
I bet it is easy to catch the switch though, if you're not paying attention, and there's no other obvious sign that you're even more illuminating than usual.
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Posted 11 December 2011 - 09:00 AM
Paul_S, on 08 December 2011 - 08:16 PM, said:
It must be your honest face Simon
I wish you were right Paul. But I have to say, what he REALLY stopped me for, was to have a sniff through the window, this was 07.30 on the 28th Dec, the first day back at work for some, including me, and so he then produced a breathalyser!!! Never done one before or since, but I passed the test, he sulked, gave me a 'warning' about the use of fog lights and then promptly buggered off. KNOB!
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