you're supposed to turn on your rear fogs as soon as the forecast suggests there may be a chance of mist at least that seems to be the rule most folks followwhen i take my van for its mot the examiner asks me to turn on my fog lights,
its the only time that they are used one year to the next,
Should be a ticketable offenseShould be a rule that you turn off you rear fogs when you can see the guy behind. Instead they are left on permanently
The odd car or 2I think fog lights should be a one switch affair, ie main lights on then you can turn fogs on, then when main lights turned off the fogs auto reset to off, so the idiots have to switch them on each time, that way no excsues like I left them on by mistake etc.
I assume some cars must be like this already?
Pretty sure all cars areMost Mercs are
I think fog lights should be a one switch affair, ie main lights on then you can turn fogs on, then when main lights turned off the fogs auto reset to off, so the idiots have to switch them on each time, that way no excsues like I left them on by mistake etc.
I assume some cars must be like this already?
I believe the P38 is. It certainly resets when the ignition is turned off.
I don't think I have ever used the front fogs in anger. I've used the rears a few times when I have dropped into an absolute pea-souper.
DVSA or VOSA as it was known when I was an authorized examiner have a history of making bizarre decisions. One such was stopping testing stations failing knackered brake discs unless they were literally hanging off! Their reasoning was garages were failing too many brake discs in order to make money out of replacing them. While I am sure this happened at a small minority of stations it was not the norm. As I argued with them at the time they are meant to be looking after safety issues not the revenue of garages, that is the trading standards job. However a car would pass if only one out of five wheel nuts were fitted and they were covered with a hub cap . The same for rotted out sills if covered by body kits. Most modern cars are now covered full length underneath with plastic so anything covered cannot be inspected.
I believe my MX5 is like that. Can only turn on when headlights are on and do know they go off when headlight is turned offI think fog lights should be a one switch affair, ie main lights on then you can turn fogs on, then when main lights turned off the fogs auto reset to off, so the idiots have to switch them on each time, that way no excsues like I left them on by mistake etc.
I assume some cars must be like this already?
To be fair, mot stations do like to fail on brake disks these days. Years ago, the ratio of pads to disks was about 6 to 1. 6 sets of pads changed to every I disk but now it's more like 3 to 1. There was a garage near here who failed our old Peugeot on its front disks a year after they had changed them, the car had only done 8k in that time.DVSA or VOSA as it was known when I was an authorized examiner have a history of making bizarre decisions. One such was stopping testing stations failing knackered brake discs unless they were literally hanging off! Their reasoning was garages were failing too many brake discs in order to make money out of replacing them. While I am sure this happened at a small minority of stations it was not the norm. As I argued with them at the time they are meant to be looking after safety issues not the revenue of garages, that is the trading standards job. However a car would pass if only one out of five wheel nuts were fitted and they were covered with a hub cap . The same for rotted out sills if covered by body kits. Most modern cars are now covered full length underneath with plastic so anything covered cannot be inspected.
We've got a garage like that just down the road. Ain't used them in yearsTo be fair, mot stations do like to fail on brake disks these days. Years ago, the ratio of pads to disks was about 6 to 1. 6 sets of pads changed to every I disk but now it's more like 3 to 1. There was a garage near here who failed our old Peugeot on its front disks a year after they had changed them, the car had only done 8k in that time.
Col