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Yeah got warned about my so called fog lights (parkers) i have an r33 s1 type m front bar, and my "foglights" come on and stay on with headlights, and parker thingo....

can i get done for it? or? can someone shed some light on it, coz i dont wanna rewire it, i like them :down:

Thanks Nick.

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http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Safety...ivingLights.htm

Using driving lights

Driving lights are designed to illuminate the road over a long distance. They are the same as the high beam (main beam) head light and emit the same lighting pattern.

Road Rule 218 states that drivers must not use the high-beam headlights when driving:

unfortunately the cop is right, they should only turn on with high-beams, not with your regular lights :down:

Foglights are not driving lights are not parker lights.

Need some more info on the lights in your bumper bar before working out what the legal use of them is... If I got booked for fog light use when it was actually parker lights or daytime running lights etc then I would contest the fine.

It's light spread, position, colour and wattage which determines what a light is.

Yeh i got told off by a TMU-Officer for having my Parker-with foglights on (series II front bar) he goes my fog lights can only be turned on when its foggy or something...

yer officer is correct...cannot use foglights for regular driving unless its rilli foggy like others have said

and fog lights have there own switch thats seperate to high and low beams

but they come on why the parkers come on, and when the normal beams come on, and high, i believe this is the way its been wired from standard.

is this correct?

been lucky so far (which is bound to run out) but my chaser cam with factory yellow fog lights (jdm yo) and ever since iv had the car iv been driving with it on all the time and so far have not been pulled up by hit. thats going through a few booze bus, RBT and TMU pulled me over to check the car and all lights were on and nothing was said.

unless you have HIDs on a car which is not meant to have and its blinding ppl then yes you deserve to get a fine and a defect. but if its just factory ights and all it does is give you better light without blinding ppl then i cant see what the problem is.

most new cars these days have "driving lights" just for looks. turn them on at night and they dont light up shit.

been lucky so far (which is bound to run out) but my chaser cam with factory yellow fog lights (jdm yo) and ever since iv had the car iv been driving with it on all the time and so far have not been pulled up by hit. thats going through a few booze bus, RBT and TMU pulled me over to check the car and all lights were on and nothing was said.

unless you have HIDs on a car which is not meant to have and its blinding ppl then yes you deserve to get a fine and a defect. but if its just factory ights and all it does is give you better light without blinding ppl then i cant see what the problem is.

most new cars these days have "driving lights" just for looks. turn them on at night and they dont light up shit.

just standard yellow.. thats it. :/

What a joke....seriously!? The S1 and S2 "fog" lights are far from blinding and far from pointing upwards. I honestly can not believe that the TMU are SO f**king petty. It seriously boggles me.

The S2 certianly didn't turn on with the headlights, they had to be switched on, perhaps yours have been wired up or might be after market? Hard to tell without a picture.

True "fog" lights are yellow. I believe this is because of the the yellow light wavelength and the fact yellow light is absorbed and scattered less by the airborne water particles, so in saying that these cars simply have driving lights.

My new Audi has day time running LED's AND driving lights. If I was pulled over and asked to turn them off I'd tell the officer he could blow be if he so desired. I suggest you do the same.

/rant :/

Foglights are not driving lights are not parker lights.

Need some more info on the lights in your bumper bar before working out what the legal use of them is... If I got booked for fog light use when it was actually parker lights or daytime running lights etc then I would contest the fine.

It's light spread, position, colour and wattage which determines what a light is.

You're spot on mate.

the op has an s1. i'm assuming the lights he is talking about are the ones in with the indicators. i know that in my 33 they didn't have any lights in the clear section, only in the orange section for the indicators. but i have heard of 1 or 2 people having lights in there.

either way, simple solution is to simple disconnect the wires. that way you can't get booked again.

What a joke....seriously!? The S1 and S2 "fog" lights are far from blinding and far from pointing upwards. I honestly can not believe that the TMU are SO f**king petty. It seriously boggles me.

The S2 certianly didn't turn on with the headlights, they had to be switched on, perhaps yours have been wired up or might be after market? Hard to tell without a picture.

True "fog" lights are yellow. I believe this is because of the the yellow light wavelength and the fact yellow light is absorbed and scattered less by the airborne water particles, so in saying that these cars simply have driving lights.

My new Audi has day time running LED's AND driving lights. If I was pulled over and asked to turn them off I'd tell the officer he could blow be if he so desired. I suggest you do the same.

/rant :/

Agree with you 100% they arent even bright, they most certaintly dont blind me in any way. its people that fit there own headlights or HID's that blind me. also agree with you with the TMU, how petty can you get, must of been a slow day.

I think it's usage is pretty much in the name! It doesn't actually look that cool to have them on, being blinded isn't fun imo.

You probably hate them with as much zeal as I.

Nothing worse than cresting a hill on a motorbike only to be blinded by fog lights of a car coming the other way. It's not much fun using the white line on the side of the road as a guide so you don't end up in a ditch.

And yes, it is illegal to have them on unless it's foggy. They are meant to be treated as per high beams.

What a joke....seriously!? The S1 and S2 "fog" lights are far from blinding and far from pointing upwards. I honestly can not believe that the TMU are SO f**king petty. It seriously boggles me.

Do you ride a motorbike?

If not, then I suggest having a go before you start making claims about them being harmless.

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