The 5-O!

[ChrWh]

Has anyone else had the strangley satisfying experience of setting them straight?

I was pulled over again the other night, and the question was asked,
"Is it Foggy?"
"No Officer, It's Not."

So i continued to show them that my front fogs like to help with cornering visibility, and they said

"oh, ive never heard of that before, is it legal? Can you turn it off?"
"Sorry, it's built into the Car"
"Ok, then Sir, Have a nice night!" haha

And the warm feeling came inside me of getting one over on the police....
which was better due to the fact they pulled me over on saturday night for 40 minutes trying to tell me that I'd stolen my car as my details wernt in the computer. turns out they'd scanned the wrong number plate.

 

[mardon]

I didn't know the lower lights come on with the mains lights. Gonna have people flashing me for using my 'hero' lights

 

[ChrWh]

haha, yeh they do. Quite useful when using back streets or car parks. but you do feel stupid when you see your reflection in a shop window....and you've only got one foglight on.

 

[mardon]

What?? When you turn left the left comes on and when you turn right the right comes one?? Thats crazy? I thought they did some cool turning in their socket trick?

 

[Fl@pper]

seen a few mercs recently doing it and always think they have a dodgy bulb out from riding with fogs on all day

 

[ChrWh]

not sure if they turn, maybe theres two bulbs in there, one pointing further to the outside of the car. wonder if it's possible to turn it off haha

 

[tweedz]

i had this the other day! being 17 this was my first run in with the police needless to say i sh*t myself

 

[ross p]

Most new cars are fitted with this.

Its to provide more visibilty for the inside wheel when you are cornering on a dark street.

Sometimes it also comes on when you indicate.

 

[JonDog]

Sometimes it also comes on when you indicate.

When travelling under 20mph IIRC.

 

[product]

When travelling under 20mph IIRC.

Yep.

And you also get both come on when you reverse, when your nose could swing out either way...