On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:18:06 -0000, Rod Speed wrote:



"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:44:44 -0000, NY wrote:

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:04:17 -0000, Jim GM4DHJ ...
wrote:

Is it OK for rear fog lights to go off when the ignition is turned
off?....

Who cares? I never ever use mine. They look like brake lights. So
when
you brake, the person behind doesn't know and slams into you. A very
dangerous invention. Tail lights are enough for the following car to
see
you. If they aren't, they're driving too fast for the conditions and
it's
their problem.

Or, to look at it another way, they need to get dangerously close to you
before they even know you are there. And while it may be their *fault* if
they run into the back of you, there's still damage to your car even if
their insurance pays for it.

It's not dangerously close, I can see taillights easily in the fog. If I
can't, then I'm going so fast I'm going to run off the road anyway.

As for damage, when the front of a car hits the back of a car, the front
gets 10 times more damage (due to health and softy regulations). I have
in fact had nothing more than a chip of paint on the back of my car,
whereas the woman (it's always a woman) that rear ended me lost a
radiator, both headlights, the bumper, and the bonnet.

But you can see loss of lights and the hatch unusable with hatches.

No big deal to fix, and since it's their insurance paying, I usually make a whacking big profit. Like I'm going to buy new parts.... I was once paid £700 by a woman's insurance for hitting the side of me reversing out of a car park. It cost me £75. I kept the rest.