On my journey in to work this morning (at 7 a.m.) along the M56, I was followed by a Peugeo 307 with sidelights and foglights on. I switched my rear fog light on, hoping he/she would get the message. After about ten minutes, foglights go off, leaving said Peugeot with only sidelights. Then, a couple of minutes later, foglights come back on.
I think the driver of this car deserves the "Dipstick of the Day" award......unless you know better!
Andy
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Of course, he may have thought that foglights, with their low beam, would be less annoying to you. He could see and you could see him - is there a problem?
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Mmmmmm, foglights being used in non-foggy conditions. Of course it doesn't cause any trouble to other motorists. It can't do as so many drivers leave them on (even the rears are more common now too).
Sorry, I'm in a funny mood this morning!
What I meant to say was "And if the road is wet, front foglights cause even more dazzle".
If front foglights were meant to be a legal requirment then every new car built would have them as standard. They don't. So only use them when conditions require them.
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Apart from the fact the that the Highway Code specifically says you must not use them unless visibility less than 100m?
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I would hazard a guess that psychologists would have a field day with this phenomonomonomon (I know how to start spelling it, but it all goes wrong at the end. I have the same problem with banananana).
I've come to the conclusion that this is another form of one-upmanship. "I have foglights so I will put them on to show everyone that I have them. You don't and therefore must be in some way inferior on the company car scale/foodchain/social pecking order"
Lets face it, fogs and sidelights are in no way a substitute for normal dipped beam for the driver and they are a bleedin' nuisance for other motorists.
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There is a case for foglights with sidelights - and that is in fog. Because the foglights are lower, the dazzle back to the driver is reduced above that which results from dip beam - so used judiciously in this way, it can work.
But in general, I agree.
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>>... Because the foglights are lower......
Why do certain manu. incorporate their foglights in the same headlight unit? - Golf, Bora etc. How is that supposed to work?
Chad.
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I must say "Dipstick of the Day" is an award for which there are many contenders ...
How about the BMW owner ( no, probably driver) with those curious half-moon sidelights newer BMW have... completely useless in the conditions but at least we know he's driving a current model .
How about guy driving out of health club after an hour or so heavy-duty "get fit" drives into heavy traffic without using seatbelt .
And if we sre looking for a "Lifetime's contribution to dipstickery " what about the woman who thought she was targeted to be the subject of a staged road accident, who got in a car driven by a guy who was twice over the drink limit , and didn't even bother fastening her seatbelt..
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I'd nominate the Volvo driver who got a pull the other night for no seatbelts. Just couldn't figure out how anyone could see he wasn't wearing his belt when it was so dark.
Matey a tip for you. The flashing red seat belt light warning lights up by the rear view mirror are a dead giveaway.
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Assuming I don't win this award every day...
"Matey a tip for you. The flashing red seat belt light warning lights up by the rear view mirror are a dead giveaway."
I think I'd just say "the lights are faulty, officer, and there's no way you could have seen whether I had a belt on or not because it's dark, sorry mate".
Course, I suppose I'd have to make sure the lights WERE faulty, otherwise he'd say "prove it", and.. I think I won the award. D'oh!
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I award the Dipstick of the Day to those idiots who park outside my house INFRONT of my front door!
I don\'t know whether it\'s just thoughtlessnes, selfishness or both.
One chap was parked there and I saw him approaching the car to leave, and asked him politely not to park in front of the door again. His colleague/passenger was understanding but he was a bit puzzled at what he had done wrong. I was carrying wood into the house at the time when I advised him that getting materials into the house was made more difficult with a car in the way. As if to prove my point, despite my best efforts to avoid the car (honestly) I accidently hit the boot with a length of 2x2 as I had to negitiate the car. I think he then got the message.
Hugo
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I would like to award the Dipstick of the Day to the driver of a French Mercedes who thought to get to work 0.005 sec early he would undertake my car on the motorway and then cut in (without indicating) forcing me to brake heavily to avoid a collision with his car has he completed his manoeuvre.
He then tried this stunt again and did count for two 56mph lorries. Amazing how the remaining lane then bunched together leaving him behind.
Dipstick !!!
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