Fog / Driving Lights and the Cops

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Originally Posted by banarcus

Well its a very stupid offence if you ask me. I've had 4x4 low beams that dazzle me far more than a fog light. I work with guys that just love to fine those who use them, I for one would rather target those scum who break into and steal cars.

Perhaps, car makers should wire these supposed "fog lights" into the high beam wiring like conventional driving lights. I cant see many people using them as fog lights but rather an extra light to use in the dark whether it be foggy or not.

Good call!!!

The BA lamps are most effective in fog with the headlamps off, linking them to high beam prohibits this.

It is a courtesy thing, and drivers from both windscreens should be doing whatever to avoid dazzle, on the other hand you should be doing whatever possible to be seen and to see the surrounding roadway.

Within the CBD an the many well lit motorways the foglamps will improve a drivers vision in the periphery and will not unduely dazzle others. On dark single lane country roadways I can see the fog lamps becoming a dazzle problem to oncoming traffic and in this situation it would be nice to kill them as you dipped to low beam. Anyone think of a smart solution for switching them both ways?

And thanks banarcus for showing that a bit of discretion is still out there, a that some things are not always clear cut. Car theft however is a little more easily defined, hit the offenders with every fine you can think of.