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From Autoblog.com:
It would probably be easier for researchers to change tracks and start telling us what doesn't cause cancer or obesity or car accidents. Latest on the list of automotive smash-up causes, according to a study by UK insurer Swiftcover, are drivers leaving their fog lights on in good visibility. The numbers are brazen, with Swiftcover attributing "as many as 300,000" accidents and two million near misses in the last 12 months "caused by drivers leaving fog lights on in the same period."
The UK highway code prohibits driving with one's fog lights on in conditions with visibility greater than 100 meters. Swiftcover's study says the lights dazzle other drivers, especially in London where 50 percent of incidents were registered, and that this applies to both front and rear fog lights.
Full story at: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/31/u...cid/#continued
After all these years, I stand humbly corrected . . .
It would probably be easier for researchers to change tracks and start telling us what doesn't cause cancer or obesity or car accidents. Latest on the list of automotive smash-up causes, according to a study by UK insurer Swiftcover, are drivers leaving their fog lights on in good visibility. The numbers are brazen, with Swiftcover attributing "as many as 300,000" accidents and two million near misses in the last 12 months "caused by drivers leaving fog lights on in the same period."
The UK highway code prohibits driving with one's fog lights on in conditions with visibility greater than 100 meters. Swiftcover's study says the lights dazzle other drivers, especially in London where 50 percent of incidents were registered, and that this applies to both front and rear fog lights.
Full story at: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/31/u...cid/#continued
After all these years, I stand humbly corrected . . .
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Foglights are good for........... 
............. .............nothing 
............. .............nothing
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If you keep your fog lights well oiled, it is OK to drive with them on, even in good visibility, and if you are an Audi driver, you should always turn on the bright red, rear fog light as soon as a car approaches from behind .
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