Headlights in the wet

[Winnie]

Or just a Patrol so big and noisy nobody can NOT see it!???

[threedogs]

Thats the attitude winnie light bar on "Somebody stop me"

[NP99]

And a loud horn to honk idiots.....

[Drewboyaus]

And a loud horn to honk idiots.....

Had better have done a horn upgrade then......LMAO.....


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[MC97GQ]

New cars don't do themselves with their colour. my bullbar is charcoal metallic and raining in low light
its the same colour as the road, today I had the "HIT ME" sticker on . i always put my parkers on minimum
on the streets and lights on ,on the freeway for truck spray when overcast or raining. really peeves me when others dont
make themselves visable. Needs a TV education segment. Can't beat a white car/4x4 IMO

Totally agree TD,

On overcast days or country roads with over hanging trees, depending on the colour of the car they can almost disappear into the landscape.

I believe it should be mandatory that when you drive you should at least have to have parking lights on.

Mark

[Dominator]

I always have my lights on when raining, I also put my park lights on while 4wding in dusty conditions so that people behind you can see me before I hit them.

[Robo]

And hazard lights in Fog!!

I know you mean well !
Pardon but aint hazards only for when your broken down on the shoulder.
Do you mean the extra red bright tail light fog light?.
Sorry but if I saw Hazards in front of me, possibly slamming the brakes on,
or turning sharply to avoid a stationary vehicle in front of me.

An area north of Sydney called Mt White, the name says it all .
never seen the hazards used yet to locate a car in the fog while moving.
Its the F3 freeway, 3 lanes wide bumper to bumper 50 klm in peek hr.
High numbers even when peeks over.
that many vehicles 3 lanes wide with hazards going would just be a hazard in its-self.

Not having a shot across the bow at ya , just think hazards would raise the level of confusion out there.
Hazards maybe used in your area for such purposes but I've never seen it that way around here.
the way some people drive we need less confusion hands down.
Safe travels

[Drewboyaus]

Personally not sure about the hazards in fog idea myself but I have seen it done in various parts of Europe.
The last car into a stoppage on the road puts their hazards on to let those behind know the traffic is stopped up ahead.



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[Alitis007]

I know you mean well !
Pardon but aint hazards only for when your broken down on the shoulder.
Do you mean the extra red bright tail light fog light?.
Sorry but if I saw Hazards in front of me, possibly slamming the brakes on,
or turning sharply to avoid a stationary vehicle in front of me.

An area north of Sydney called Mt White, the name says it all .
never seen the hazards used yet to locate a car in the fog while moving.
Its the F3 freeway, 3 lanes wide bumper to bumper 50 klm in peek hr.
High numbers even when peeks over.
that many vehicles 3 lanes wide with hazards going would just be a hazard in its-self.

Not having a shot across the bow at ya , just think hazards would raise the level of confusion out there.
Hazards maybe used in your area for such purposes but I've never seen it that way around here.
the way some people drive we need less confusion hands down.
Safe travels

I get what your saying BUT when your car is not fitted with rear fog lights, in thick fog you cant be seen only in the last 10m possibly and when you do see a car with hazard lights on you approach it with caution not flat out!! The amber/ orange light travels thru fog better then white or red colored light thats why in areas prone to fog the street lights are amber/orange, plus when you buy a car from japan fitted with factory fog lights they are yellow and not white light our driving lights!!!

If you saw me on the freeway with my hazard lights it would be well over 100m away so in fact i would be doing you a favor if you where paying attention because you will know i am in front of you and you wouldn't be driving blind!!! And any way if you happened to see me drive in fog YOU WOULDN'T KEEP UP !! Because i don't slow down and i drive my toy like i stole it!!!

[MC97GQ]

Hi all,

I thought I would post this link from the NRMA(NSW version RAC etc) about the correct use of lights on your vehicle it also mentions about using hazard lights in low visibility situations.

http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/ro...ountry/fog.htm

I hope this is of use

Mark