foglamps

being hacked off with the number of clueless wankers with foglights on in
the dark and rain, making extra glare which is no earthly use to anyone, I
did this:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/foglamps/

Won't do any good, of course. But feel free to sign it anyway.

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070302

#114 says ...

You MUST NOT

* use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to
other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
* use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously
reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid
dazzling other road users (see Rule 226)

In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake
and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the
footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise
glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.

[Law RVLR reg 27]

 

Thus spake Tim () unto the assembled multitudes:

For me, it's not just the dazzling effect but the fact that rear fogs can
disguise or glare out the brake lights, so sometimes you don't easily see 'em
light up. Any clowns tailgating the vehicle could easily come a cropper in
such circs (which would serve both of 'em right).

 

As Tim has pointed out, there is already the facility to prosecute. It
is a bit like the mobile phone use while driving farce, no extra
legislation is needed, rules/laws already existed.

So, what the petition should really be trying to do is get plod to do
their job.

Alternatively, demand the right to smash said fog lights as you pass

 

Hi there ,
Might it not be a good idea to have a petition to change the law such
that all fog lights are automatically reset to off, when headlights or
ignition are turned off. This would at least stop the useless toss-
pots driving with the wretched things on and not know how to turn them
off.
Ned Ludd

 

Pugs already do that

 

Thus spake Ned Ludd () unto the assembled multitudes:

It would also be nice for automatics to cancel their brake lights
automatically a few seconds after coming to a stop, for those toss-pots who
insist on sitting with their foot on the brake pedal instead of engaging
Park. Many's the time I've sat behind a f***ing great big X3 with LED brake
lights laser-etching my retina in the dark at a traffic light or in a traffic
jam.

 

I'd vote for a petition to ban rear foglights. They've got to be the
dumbest idea ever in the history of the car. Anyone who uses them is a
**** who should be shot on sight.

 

They're to be seen by the twats who drive with high beams in fog and can
only see their own reflected whiteout.

 

Hi Guys,
Wouldn't it be nice if tin box drivers had to learn roadcraft on a
motorbike first, just think they would know about wet roads and how
nice it is to see where they are going by lifting a steamed up visor,
shame you can't do that in a windscreen. Not forgetting how irritating
it is to have a fag butt thrown out of a car window. Anybody got any
other examples?
Ned Ludd

 

Thus spake Ned Ludd () unto the assembled multitudes:

I feel really quite grateful that I rode bikes for 10 years before I learned
to drive a car. Bike experience really does make you a better car driver.

It can be a bother when someone has badly adjusted screen washer jets which
send the screenwash over the roof and into yer face if you're following on a
bike. But that serves to remind me that I must be too close.

 

It's not that which worries me so much: it's the twonks driving around
with no lights on at all. I saw three, yes three, separate such idiots
on my way home last night. I think part of the problem is that so many
cars have illuminated dials now whether the lghts are on or off, and
so people just think their headlights are on and drive away.

 

All this is undermined by the reality that is the London taxi driver.

 

Thus spake () unto the assembled multitudes:

Perhaps I should have written "...really CAN make you a better car driver."

 

Some have their washers aimed so far back that if you back off out of range,
the car behind overtakes and nicks the place.

 

Get a Uvex lid with a double glazed visor.

Yes, people riding motorbikes that think they are god's gift to road
craft and are superior to other road users.

 

Or get an electrically heated BMW visor, if they still make them, and
you have the dosh
Ned Ludd

 

Modern motorbikes are smarter than I thought.

 

Mine can fart the national anthem.

 

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