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Hades in fog light

12/22/2016

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My journey to work prompted this post; M1 fog light related tension is the subject matter for today’s observations.

This morning, circa 7:30am, I was travelling down the M1 towards junction 14 when it began to get a little foggy. Though the stretch of motorway has street lighting, the thin, swirling fog caused an untold number of motorists to switch on their cars’ fog lamps.

The resultant eerie, blood red glow was like a depiction of hell, or a certain district in Amsterdam! Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds would have been a good musical accompaniment.

Now I understand why you might want your fog lights illuminated in a pea-souper, or when driving in country lanes late at night, but it drives me mad that drivers think they need them in traffic on the motorway in something edging towards daylight.

Fog lamps dazzle and are as annoying as high beams if you ask me. I was following a dark coloured Porsche Panamera (J1THA) that had a rear fog so bright/intense that it could have been seen from the international space station. It hurt my eyes to the point where I actually put my sunglasses on to reduce the glare.

Here’s what I think:
  • If the vehicle behind you can see you, you really don’t need your fog lamps on
  • If you keep your lamps on in traffic, you are an inconsiderate git
  • If you turn on your fogs just because it is raining, you should be fined
  • If you are using your fogs without any regards to other road users, don’t be surprised if you get mirrors full of full-beam. A dazzle for a dazzle if you like.

The morning road safety was being compromised by the fog lights - the traffic was concertinaing and then speeding up again because they look too much like brake lights to anyone not paying full attention.  

I rarely use my fog lights at all, but when I do I use them as considerately as I use my full beams. This post is the start of my crusade to encourage other motorists to do the same.

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