Rear foglights driving thread

Quantum Theory said:
That bright light actually makes things worse in rain. It illuminates every raindrop around it, on my windscreen...
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but at least they can see me in that shyte coming down. not a case of 'stop when you hear and feel the bang'. you must have an led windscreen for that to bother you so much. don't you prefer to see the other cars.
 
akescpt said:
but at least they can see me in that shyte coming down. not a case of 'stop when you hear and feel the bang'. you must have an led windscreen for that to bother you so much. don't you prefer to see the other cars.
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If you're driving fast enough in 15m visibility that the first time you see the car in front is when you hear the bang, then you kinda deserve what's coming to you (not you akes... drivers in general). I guess given how most seffricans drive, I'd have my rear fog on in 15m as well. Unless I'm in bumper to bumper traffic, in which case it's not needed and will get switched off.
 
akescpt said:
but at least they can see me in that shyte coming down. not a case of 'stop when you hear and feel the bang'. you must have an led windscreen for that to bother you so much. don't you prefer to see the other cars.
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We can see your normal rear lights just fine, thank you. Now don't do it again, otherwise I'm coming over there :whistle:
 
On my Honda the rear fog-light switch is quite hidden away. I only found what it was for by looking it up in the car's manual. I reckon this applies to many cars
 
I nominate myself as a rear fog driver.

Reason: farking ford Rangers sitting on my arse with only park light on at night.
 
chrisc4290 said:
On my Honda the rear fog-light switch is quite hidden away. I only found what it was for by looking it up in the car's manual. I reckon this applies to many cars
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To be fair knowing where everything is and what everything in you're car does as well as being able to operate any and all controls safely without/with minimal looking around should be done before you even drive the car regularly. Not having a dig, more a statement of fact.
 
vangar316 said:
To be fair knowing where everything is and what everything in you're car does as well as being able to operate any and all controls safely without/with minimal looking around should be done before you even drive the car regularly. Not having a dig, more a statement of fact.
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Not knowing where the rear fog light switch is doesn't mean you're not able to drive safely. Are you trying to say that one should learn the entire menu structure in the on board computer of a hire car before driving off? Because that's just stupid - you can completely ignore the on board computer (and most of the controls other than the headlights and indicators), without it affecting the way you drive.
 
chrisc4290 said:
On my Honda the rear fog-light switch is quite hidden away. I only found what it was for by looking it up in the car's manual. I reckon this applies to many cars
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Depends on brand.

My Jeep's rear fog is just one more turn up from headlights on the indicator stalk. On a Merc the front and rear fogs sit just under the lights switch, this is the more common thing that I have seen in most cars e.g. Merc Volvo etc...
 
Why do people drive with fog lights on during the daytime?

Pretty much the question in the title - I see many people drive like this during the daytime, and a few times at night too. Headlight/main beams off, but foglights full tilt.

Is there any reason behind this or is it a trend I am missing?:erm:
 
Ah yes, I see I mentioned it in the third reply...I guess it's been bugging me more than usual lately
 
wabbit16 said:
Is there any reason behind this
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Pure ignorance / obliviousness / stupidity.

Those 3 words explain 100% of all the people driving with fog-lights in SA (SA being notoriously foggy /s)

Fun fact...I've yet to encounter an SA driver using fog lights in actual fog.
 
HavocXphere said:
Fun fact...I've yet to encounter an SA driver using fog lights in actual fog.
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Well I see those often enough, but then I simply assume they have them on permanently.

Which is also why I put my bike on full brights the moment there is a drop of rain or fog otherwise I will be utterly invisible.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Which is also why I put my bike on full brights the moment there is a drop of rain or fog otherwise I will be utterly invisible.
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No man

I'm generally considerate regarding bikers (moving to the side to let them pass etc)...but bikers that do this...its worse than cars driving with brights.

You managed to turn a perfectly controlled situation (me moving out of your way as a courtesy) to a pure crapshoot - I'm blinded on the relevant mirror, I cannot see you, I can't judge how far away you, and I can't judge how fast you're going and I'm 100% annoyed & distracted while you're trying to pass me - hell I don't even know if its a motorcycle (though by now I've come to recognize the "blinded in left mirror only" syndrome as meaning idiot on a motorcycle so I try to move out of the way anyway)...

And yes motorcycle full brights are that bad - especially because I can't dim side mirrors.
 
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