Front Fog Lights

1CE · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:39

Firestar_3x said:
It amazes me how many people must be driving on the roads that DON'T know how to use basic functions on the car or when they should use them, nuisance on the roads at best tbh.

Like indicators, yet another pet hate..

Lashout_UK · 12 Nov 2008 at 15:07

Yea, what is going on with the complete lack of indication around roundabouts at the moment. It's doing my nut in when people just cruise around then disappear off without any indication of where they're going, or intending to go.

Absolute PITA!

Firestar_3x · 12 Nov 2008 at 15:09

You can join the club now Lashout, owning a BMW n all

NathanE · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:07

I blind them back. Doesn't work though. Might have to try holding the horn as well :rolleyes:

Might have to get some main beam HIDs (only dipped at the mo') so I can flood the road ahead in my own light and effectively "override" the light their fogs are blinding me with. It's all about exposure/contrast etc and how the eye reacts isn't it...

(I drive a very low car so yes I do get genuinely blinded by most fog lights at night... there's been several occasions where I've actually been out of control of my car for 3 to 5 seconds... not a good thing at 60mph at night on a b-road)

Mat · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:15

Lashout_UK said:
Yea, what is going on with the complete lack of indication around roundabouts at the moment. It's doing my nut in when people just cruise around then disappear off without any indication of where they're going, or intending to go.

Absolute PITA!

There is nothing more irritating than pulling up to a roundabout, stopping to see what the person approaching to your right is going to do and then see them do a left without indicating.

*Moangroan* · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:32

But xenons looks good and cheapo nasty blue HIDS look plop.

Scuzi · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:36

Come over to Ireland, you'd love it. The majority of drivers here have their fog lights on all the time. That's not an exaggeration either, it really is the majority.

West · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:47

I just whack my full beams on.. my grill lights normally annoy then enough.

I did it the other week to some chavette in a Saxo, got the middle finger. Classy.

Sone · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:48

West said:
I did it the other week to some chavette in a Saxo, got the middle finger. Classy.

sounds deserved to me, fog lights are genrally damn annoying but not dangerous. Full beams infront or behind sersiouly impare vision

West · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:52

Sone said:
sounds deserved to me, fog lights are genrally damn annoying but not dangerous. Full beams infront or behind sersiouly impare vision

As much as fogs imo as a person who wears glasses

Firestar_3x · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:53

Buy some better quality glasses, mine are fantastic at night no issues at all, i've had some poorer ones and they can make driving at night a pain!

Lopéz · 12 Nov 2008 at 18:08

*Moangroan* said:
But xenons looks good and cheapo nasty blue HIDS look plop.

Xenon is a gas used in HID lamps (you can also get Halogen type bulbs that are Xenon filled too)

NickXX · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:02

Ah, the annual 'Fog lights blinded me and raped my sister!!!!!111' thread is back.

Front fogs lights do not dazzle. Things that do dazzle include:

- Badly aligned headlamps.
- Full beam headlamps.
- HID (including factory fitted) headlamps in certain circumstances.
- Badly aligned front fog lamps.
- Rear fog lamps when it's not foggy.

Just because Ned bought some ebay specials fogs and fitted them to Saxo with chewing gum and gaffer tape, blinding you afterwards, does not mean that all front fog lights dazzle. If all fog lights do dazzle you I suggest that you visit an optician - maybe you shouldn't be driving at night?

shoot1st said:
I always make a point of flashing them when I see it.

NathanE said:
I blind them back. Doesn't work though.

Making you worse than them...

Grow up chaps.

[TW]Fox · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:03

NickXX said:
Front fogs lights do not dazzle.

Not you personally, no. But they dazzle others, quite clearly. Perhaps people with lower cars than you?

Conanius · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:05

[TW]Fox;12884252 said:
Not you personally, no. But they dazzle others, quite clearly. Perhaps people with lower cars than you?

In my S2000 this never affects me, nor has it affected me when i've driven other low cars (VX220 as another good example)

People who claim this dazzles them must have some serious issues.

[TW]Fox · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:08

It doesn't dazzle me but it fills me with rage every time I see it. I've no idea why, perhaps becuase it's an indication that the driver has no working braincells and people like this being on the roads annoy me.

NathanE · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:23

NickXX said:
Front fogs lights do not dazzle.

RTFT.

NathanE · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:26

Conanius said:
In my S2000 this never affects me, nor has it affected me when i've driven other low cars (VX220 as another good example)

People who claim this dazzles them must have some serious issues.

Great so because you don't have any sight problems then suddenly everyone else has serious issues? :confused:

Dogbreath · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:37

Conanius said:
In my S2000 this never affects me,

Aren't you lucky. Most fog lamps annoy rather than dazzle, but I find some are dazzling, especialy in the wet which is when the brain dead lump behind the switch think's it's a good idea to use them.

NathanE · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:46

I saw someone on my commute coming home the other day where their fog lights were actually about 50% brighter than their dipped beams. Terrific. Nothing like having a **** load of omni directional light hitting my rain soaked windscreen in the dark.