On 14 Apr,
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Always. That's why foglights are low mounted and illegal in good
visibility.

Can you quote evidence of that? I'm sure that was the case in the 60s and
have trawled the net to find the rules for how high lights must be to be used
in good visibility and failed miserably in finding any evidence of the
illegality of the current spate of foglights in good visibility.

If the headlights were good in fog - why have specialised lighting just for
it?

Exactly! It's fairly rare for any fog lights to be needed. Rear foglights
should only be used when visbility is below 100 metres, so speed needs to be
restricted too. Most peeps switch on rear fog lights as soon as there's a
hint of mist, and don't slow down, being unaware that the fog lights mask
their brake lights and signals, being much brighter.

The regulations state that only one rear fog light is allowed, and that must
be on the offside, to reduce the likelyhood of them being mistaken for brake
lights.

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