If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Please note that it is not permitted to have referral links posted in your signature. Keep these links contained in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Why do people drive with fog lights on?

delthedriver · 2012-12-21 17:05:26

Why do people drive at night with fog lights on when there is no fog? Retards! Blinding oncoming traffic. Extremely dangerous. There must be penalty points for this?

21-12-2012 5:05pm

#1

delthedriver

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 4862

Why do people drive at night with fog lights on when there is no fog?
Retards! Blinding oncoming traffic. Extremely dangerous.
There must be penalty points for this?

1

Comments

#2 21-12-2012 5:07pm

MuppetCheck

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2012

Posts: 11694

Fog lights aren't blinding, they are about the same as a dimmed headlight.

0
#3 21-12-2012 5:08pm

Matt Simis

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭

Join Date: October 1999

Posts: 8439

delthedriver wrote: »

Why do people drive at night with fog lights on when there is no fog?
Retards! Blinding oncoming traffic. Extremely dangerous.
There must be penalty points for this?

There are on the Boards Motors section, for such threads:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055037358

You basically have the subject line word for word from the "dont do this" section! :pac:

0
#4 21-12-2012 5:10pm

coylemj

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2006

Posts: 25131

Might as well get in my season's greetings to my fellow boardsies before the padlock appears!

0
#5 21-12-2012 5:11pm

Nissan doctor

Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2010

Posts: 8180

Fog lights use the same wattage of bulb as the headlights and they shine low and directly in front of the car so they do not blind on coming traffic.

Mis-aligned ones will blind traffic in exactly the same way as mis-aligned headlights will.

0
#6 21-12-2012 5:17pm

MugMugs

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2007

Posts: 17487

Cos they look cool?

0
Advertisement
#7 21-12-2012 5:18pm

PauloMN

Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,878 Mod ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: January 2005

Posts: 10670

Ah the old "why do people drive with fog lights on?" thread, aka "what's the meaning of life"?

0
#8 21-12-2012 5:18pm

delthedriver

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 4862

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Fog lights aren't blinding, they are about the same as a dimmed headlight.

Apologies, but respectfully they are on Skanger mobiles.

0
#9 21-12-2012 5:19pm

Ronnie Beck

Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2011

Posts: 1396

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Fog lights use the same wattage of bulb as the headlights and they shine low and directly in front of the car so they do not blind on coming traffic.

Mis-aligned ones will blind traffic in exactly the same way as mis-aligned headlights will.

True but when people use them when it's just raining they do make an annoying glare on the road, as they're using twice the wattage with fogs on too.

0
#10 21-12-2012 5:22pm

delthedriver

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 4862

PauloMN wrote: »

Ah the old "why do people drive with fog lights on?" thread, aka "what's the meaning of life"?

Respectfully, it is an appropriate road safety topic in dark Winter days.

0
#11 21-12-2012 5:22pm

CianRyan

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: March 2008

Posts: 14554

Full beams in a built up area is more annoying really, especially when they don't throw the dipped headlights back on when they see you. Nah, blinding me is much better.

0
Advertisement
#12 21-12-2012 5:27pm

delthedriver

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 4862

MugMugs wrote: »

Cos they look cool?

Cool? Perhaps the drivers of Skanger cars think so?

0
#13 21-12-2012 5:30pm

delthedriver

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,958 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 4862

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Fog lights use the same wattage of bulb as the headlights and they shine low and directly in front of the car so they do not blind on coming traffic.

Mis-aligned ones will blind traffic in exactly the same way as mis-aligned headlights will.

Agree mis-aligned lights can be blinding also

0
#14 21-12-2012 5:31pm

Ronnie Beck

Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2011

Posts: 1396

Perhaps lads who get them fitted feel like they have to get there money's worth. Rather than just using them the 2 or 3 times a year there on the road in bad fog.

0
#15 21-12-2012 5:35pm

TestTransmission

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2005

Posts: 18218

delthedriver wrote: »

Respectfully, it is an appropriate road safety topic in dark Winter days.

Read the charter

0

This discussion has been closed.