Fog Lights

[superfox233]

I agree totally. £30 on the spot fine for using them needlessly if you get pulled by a short tempered copper. I once had words with a daft sod who was convinced his front fog lights were called "sports-lights"... HAHA!! Do the big glowing dash-warnings not give these morons a clue??

Good news is these guys are cracking down on it:

http://www.cwn.org.uk/999/west-midlands ... lights.htm

[superfox233]

"Driving lights" still blind other traffic......doesnt take a brainless crettin to figure that out.... Its a good thing we all have half an ounce of logic on here to realise this......RIGHT, GUYS??

[Allys Cally]

A: Fog lights point UP rather than DOWN. (point at the EYES of oncoming traffic - ergo BLINDS THEM)

if that is the case why are most fog lamps lower than the main headlights themselfs. plus the reason that foglamps light beam points down the way is to reduce glare from said fog. think about it, its the reason why you don't put you full beam on in the fog because of the glare. so your hardly going to switch on lights that point up the way and blind you with the glare

[superfox233]

A: Fog lights point UP rather than DOWN. (point at the EYES of oncoming traffic - ergo BLINDS THEM)

if that is the case why are most fog lamps lower than the main headlights themselfs. plus the reason that foglamps light beam points down the way is to reduce glare from said fog. think about it, its the reason why you don't put you full beam on in the fog because of the glare. so your hardly going to switch on lights that point up the way and blind you with the glare

erm....park your car in front of a wall and turn your lights on one at a time. Dip, main and fog. Watch where the light beams hit the wall....quite self explanetary. I'm not gettin angry about! I just did a quick google search and spat the words back on here....Not my rules pal! Its the law!

[Allys Cally]

ok then heres what my internet search brought up

Front fog lamps provide a wide, bar-shaped beam of light with a sharp cutoff at the top, and are generally aimed and mounted low. They may be either white or selective yellow. They are intended for use at low speed to increase the illumination directed towards the road surface and verges in conditions of poor visibility due to rain, fog, dust or snow. As such, they are often most effectively used in place of dipped-beam headlamps, reducing the glareback from fog or falling snow, although the legality varies by jurisdiction of using front fog lamps without low beam headlamps.

maybe you are reading it wrong, heres another website to back up my reply of the fog lights pointing downwards and not up
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4885332_fo ... -work.html
ALLY 1-O superfox233

edit- i have searched quite a few sites and not one have mention the direction of fog lights pointing upwards, if you would like me to put up a few more i'm more than willing

[Fraz]

depends how close your parking the car to the wall, the beam pattern is set to about 10 meters from the car

[Allys Cally]

so they don't point up then?