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Just had another thing happen a couple of hours ago.
The weather went from rain to sleet to a heavy snow with high wind all within about a half hour. It's unreal how many drivers were on the road without their headlights on. I reckon they could see OK and just assumed they could be seen.
Even worse, a lot of the vehicles that did have their lights on had their brights on.
I do a LOT of long distance, superhighway driving. My objective is to 'make time', which is generally accomplished by driving very smoothly over long distances. (yes, i will be the first to admit that when i can, i am well over the speed limit--but i am respectful of others on the road).
My pet peeve is the tools that dart in and out of lanes.....racing ahead of me in my lane, only to slam on their brakes, and then darting in to the right lane, racing ahead, and the darting back into my lane again....once again slamming on their brakes, which causes the whole line of cars to lurch on their brakes, then resumining the pace while the darter weaves in and out of traffic, oblivious to the chaos which they are causing.
Invariably, as soon as the congestion clears out, the darter can't keep up with the higher paced traffic, but has already wreaked havoc on the overall flow of vehicles.
What are they thinking? That they are the only ones who ever dreamed up passing on the right, or on the shoulder?
For those of you who drive like this, and think you are really the Mario Andretti's of the highway, you're not. You are just a jerk who interupts the overall flow of traffic and annoys the hell out of those of us who have long distance destinations and need to make time while you are pretending to be some sort of highway kamakaze.
That's exactly what I do. If I can get over, I do and let them pass me. But if we're on a crowded road and I can't go any faster than the car in front of me, and they still tailgate, I just slow down until they back off. It usually works and keeps me from being so stressed.
I (and probably many others) call that a "brake check" - and yes, it usually gets the point across rather well.
Just wondering what a rear fog light is for? Do they use it to drive backwards? LOL Honestly I have never seen one before.
"Rear fog lights are useful in low visibility weather conditions such as dense fog, heavy rain, heavy snow, or smoke. Rear fog lights are a bright glowing orange color to allow cars behind you to see you with sufficient time to avoid a rear end collision. They should not be used in good weather conditions. Rear fog lights are standard on BMWs sold in Germany. Rear fog lights are legal in the US and some other European manufacturers equip US vehicles with them."
My Mercedes has it but you need to turn the dial all the way to the right and pull out the dial twice. I don't think many Japanese (I think the 370Z might have it) or American cars have it.
Rear fog lights are obligatory on any car here and have been for many years.
They are intended for use, as the previous poster said, in poor visibility and there have been occasions where I have been very grateful for them on my car and also on the cars of other road users.
Sadly they are widely misused and people keep them on where there is no need and can make things worse for following vehicles.
The things that you learn on this forum. I had no idea. LOL Good to know though about the rear fog lights.
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