ok quick question people. i got pulled last night for haveing my front spot/fog lights on. pissed me of a bit as they expected me to turn them on and of everytime i hit a patch of fog. the problem was they said that i could leave them on if they are spot lights but can not if they are fog lights. so they took a look @ my dash board lights and they said that if a orange light comes on then that means ya fog lights are on but my 2 spot/fog lights @ the front were on but my dash board orange light wernt. i then expalined to them that these lights do not point no higger than my main lights and are nowhere near as bright then they started to tell me that they was??? i am confussed now as my spots/fogs give me a beam of about 20ft infront of me and about 1/4th as powerful as my xenons lol. but no they wouldnt have it. they said that they was getting blinded by them. please someone explain what the hell they was going on about? are my front bottom lights classed as fog or spots?
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clio 182 fog light or are they spot light
- Thread starter bsimmer3000
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ok quick question people. i got pulled last night for haveing my front spot/fog lights on. pissed me of a bit as they expected me to turn them on and of everytime i hit a patch of fog. the problem was they said that i could leave them on if they are spot lights but can not if they are fog lights. so they took a look @ my dash board lights and they said that if a orange light comes on then that means ya fog lights are on but my 2 spot/fog lights @ the front were on but my dash board orange light wernt. i then expalined to them that these lights do not point no higger than my main lights and are nowhere near as bright then they started to tell me that they was??? i am confussed now as my spots/fogs give me a beam of about 20ft infront of me and about 1/4th as powerful as my xenons lol. but no they wouldnt have it. they said that they was getting blinded by them. please someone explain what the hell they was going on about? are my front bottom lights classed as fog or spots?
black golf v6 4 motion
they are fogs imo
black golf v6 4 motion
how many ppl posted at once? lol
a lot lol. so what the hell are spot lights?
black golf v6 4 motion
spot lights are normally tiny they look like fog lights but are not as bright and switch on with your headlights
theyre defo fogs AdzC is correct with his slightly badly worded (although i doubt id do better) description of the symbol on the dash when the lamps are switched on. the vertical wavy line is the fog and the horizontal staight lines breaking it are for rear fogs, and the straight lines braking the wavy line at a 45 degree downslope are for front hence the beam being dipped.
Quote: Originally posted by Daz_2427 on 30 November 2004
simple rule iirc, theyre fogs if mounted below headlights and driving lights if theyre on same level as headlights?
good theory but I had a 106 GTi and it had lights where the fogs are on the 182 and they were spot lights and came on with the main beam.
They were below the headlights at the bottom of the bumper.
ex Clio 172 owner :(
M.C..
ClioSport Club Member
why do you drive with them on anyway IMO i think they look crap with zenons, i have never used mine
lawrence
ClioSport Club Member
is non-existent
spots have to be something like 450mm off the ground to be classed as spots, lower than that and they are fogs, i remeber this when i was fitting some to my old style mini it said in the instructions the law on fitting these so yes they are fogs on your car
They are fog lights and it is illegal to drive with them on if its not foggy.
The reason it is illegal is because it is dangerous.
It is dangerous because they can dazzle, doesnt mean to say they will, but they can, cause they are not focused like headlamps, and they are usually quite bright and distracting for other road users.
They distract me anyway cause i always think whats that idiot doing with his/her fogs on when its not foggy
cock mobile.
Quote: Originally posted by Daz_2427 on 30 November 2004
simple rule iirc, theyre fogs if mounted below headlights and driving lights if theyre on same level as headlights?
MK2 Puntos have the fogs built into the head lights. I used to drive with my fogs on them all the time, I just liked the extra light.
I tend not to know as it looks too "chav" and I dont want the cops giving me a nice little fine!!
good theory but I had a 106 GTi and it had lights where the fogs are on the 182 and they were spot lights and came on with the main beam.
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Correct. Spots only operate in conjunction with main beam, fogs are switchable on or off, although the number of cars that had them on this morning when it was a bit murky would suggest they cant be switched off.
Rich
Definitely fogs - and as such are illegal to use unless visibility drops below 50-100 meters (cant remember which).
You may think that they dont dazzle and perhaps they dont looking straight ahead on the flat, but on cambers and angles they do blind as they are very poweful lights.
How many people do you see who use the back fog lights as well as the front? Never lol! People just think their cars look "sporty" with them on.
Back in the day it was the mark of a real performance car to have them, but now theyre added to "Sport" models as "essential" sporting extras!
ex Clio 172 owner :(
The worst people are the muppets who drive around with sidelights (ie not headlights) and foglights on at night.
Try this yourself sometime just for a short bit of road. You only light up what is right in front of you. Anything or anyone in the road would not be lit up. I see these mofos as just an accident waiting to happen. Fogs do not project into the distance like headlights do. Are people just thick?
Headlights and fogs is bad, but sidelights and fogs is even more dangerous.
E91 M Sport
201. You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 211).
Law RVLR regs 25 & 27
211. You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 201) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.
Law RVLR regs 25 & 27
The best ones are those who are ultimately the coolest people on the road...because they play the fog-light card with one bulb out, tw*ts, looks like one of them has fallen out. Chavtastic.
Oh and btw, how often in the last year has fog caused visibility to fall below 100 metres?
I got pulled a while back in my 172 for having fogs on, the rozzer said
"Listen mate, we all know its a 172, you dont need to drive around with your fogs on to tell us that, if i see you again ill fine you."
Cant argue with em can you.
