Rear foglights driving thread

RedViking said:
Offended much?

The roads I use don't have street lights so the fog lights makes a big difference on my Accent for lighting close to the vehicle. I don't see the point in switching them on and off the whole time if they are needed most of the time anyways. Didn't know it was illegal to leave front fogs on as it doesn't cause any danger to anyone.

Anyways here it is:
http://thornton.co.za/resources/National Road Traffic Act & Regulations.pdf

"(6) No person shall operate on a public road, a motor vehicle while any fog lamp fitted to such
vehicle is lit, except in conditions of poor visibility caused by snow, fog, mist, dust or smoke. "
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I was not offended, I said go right ahead, they are not bright like the rear ones and work on a totally different principle.

On another note, whats speed are you driving on these unlit roads?

Example: If the fog lights help light up more brightly only 5 close meters, at 60km/h you are going 16.6m/s, so you got the 3rd of a second to do anything about what the fog light additionally light up. So hopefully you are going much slower than that, so as to be able to react.

EDIT: I can see it beign of use while driving very slowly on a dirt track and similar.
 
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I drove back from Harrismith on Monday this week. There was this oke in a blik met wiele on the road with his fog lights AND his headlights on bright in broad daylight. I wondered if I should give him the benefit of being forgetful after coming up van reenens until I saw him deliberately switch on all his lights after a petrol stop.
 
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This thread is useless without complaints about laser intensity high level brake lights when waiting in the pitch dark of a Pizza Hut drive thru...
 
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