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[Sikcruiser]

what are they fog lights or driving lights. 3 cars of ours got picked up last nite for haveing the driving lights on told the police they are not fog lights there driving lights because they are clear they are NOT YELLOW OR ORANGE. All the new cars these days have got them, why is it that they pick the skylines only. cars that had there fog lights on aka driving lights didnt get done what is this a taget on skylines.

[Mish]

one of my cousins is a cop. when i got my r33 he told me that they quiet deliberately follow and go after skylines because they are an easy target. They can always find something to sticker us over or find one that is speeding. It is complete bullshit and I told him that, but its true, we are targeted.

[V8EATER]

My old man in he's VU SS ute got pulled over for the same shit. He was pissed right being told he couldnt use the factory driving/fog lights while driving. It was against the law. WTF? Why bring them out from factory then? Sounds bloody stupid to me.

[Mish]

Thats really silly considering they are a Australian based car

[V8EATER]

I know. I thought it was ridiculous. ACAC

[Mish]

i hate bacon

[MikeyGee]

cops will go for any car that looks like its not stock jsut coz they will find something to sticker u for wether its somthin stupid like a bit of oil in the engine bay or a cracked bumper if they wanan sticker u they will

[Sikcruiser]

I think its bullshit i want to drive around with my driving lights on, Bt NO i carnt do that can i

[lunjiaow]

Its only cause they think its a distraction to on coming drivers. Kind of like having underbody neons.

[V8EATER]

It's still a load of crap.

[Char]

underbody neons are legal as long as you cant see the globe from 20m back..

[Sikcruiser]

It's still a load of crap.

so true

[MikeyGee]

underbody neons are legal as long as you cant see the globe from 20m back..

i thought it woz 10m?

[Bella <3]

it is 10m cos thats what they tried to get me for when i had that pink one under my front bar.
either way cops no longer need a reason to sticker cars it just out of curtousy that they give you one.

[MikeyGee]

curtousy? no i dont think thats it

[Pure Grunt]

curtousy? no i dont think thats it

Its called Sarcasm Mike

Back in the 80's & 90's it was popular to have spotlights on the front on your car and everybody used them. I guess the driving light as they call it has taken over from them and traffic cops consider them to be dangerous to oncoming traffic not to different to hi beams in their view. There was an accident outside my house a few years ago and the cop absoloutly paid out on a guy in a Commodore ute who had his driving lights on and it wasnt even dark.

[Sikcruiser]

So Paul, I've got little driving lights on the front of the 34 and I went through a booze bus and they said I've got to turn them off. I was like WTF man they are part of the car lights (but there not really).
I've got a switch for them and the cop pointed it out. I was like fuck! He told me to turn them off. I was like why do I have to turn them off for, there driving lights? The cop was like, nah there fog lights.

Fog lights are yellow or orange.
Driving lights are clear.

My lights on the front of the 34 are clear.

[Char]

my point before was, how can they say gay hyundais with bright neons under their car are legal but fog lights/driving lights that come standard on a car are illegal.
what about utes that have huge spotties mounted to the back of their tray/roll bar which are clearly for blinding tailgaters/people behind them

[Pure Grunt]

So Paul, I've got little driving lights on the front of the 34 and I went through a booze bus and they said I've got to turn them off. I was like WTF man they are part of the car lights (but there not really).
I've got a switch for them and the cop pointed it out. I was like fuck! He told me to turn them off. I was like why do I have to turn them off for, there driving lights? The cop was like, nah there fog lights.

Fog lights are yellow or orange.
Driving lights are clear.

My lights on the front of the 34 are clear.

I never said the cops were smart lol I may be wrong but the fact they are not directly wired to your headlights tells me they are a seperate light and should probably be used under the same rules as spotlghts. As an ex long distance truck driver i can tell you that people that came at me during the night with driving lights I did find it difficult to see even after they had lowerd their highbeams. The question I ask is would you like to blind the guy coming at you in a roadtrain that ways over 54 tonne and over 30 metres long?

[Hanaldo]

Fog lights are yellow or orange.
Driving lights are clear.

My lights on the front of the 34 are clear.

Wrong dude. Difference between fog lights and what I think you are referring to, Daytime Running Lights, is the light pattern. Fog lights are seperate to the headlights and MUST be either yellow or white, rear ones must be red. They are designed to improve visibility in poor conditions, and it is against Australian Road Rules to use them otherwise as the blind oncoming drivers.

Driving lights are used to supplement high beams and are wired to turn on when the high beams are switched on.

Daytime running lights, which is what I think you believe your lights to be, are lights that are wired to switch on when the engine starts and are designed to make the vehicle easier to see to other drivers, such as the LED lights and angel eyes on Audi´s/Beamers etc.

As your lights are on a seperate switch they are clearly fog lights. Just switch them off dude, they do nothing for you if it isn´t foggy but the do blind other drivers.