This article isn’t going to do much to save the world – but I’d just like to get this subject off my chest!
I have just driven to work in slightly foggy conditions.
Nothing too serious – I could easily see half a mile ahead.
Headlights probably called for.
But what do we find every few hundred yards? That’s right, dummies. There’s no shortage of them driving on Britain’s roads.
They either have no lights on at all… or, they can’t resist the attraction of hitting that ‘rear fog light’ switch.
The half witted clowns are all over the place – at the first sign of a thin mist or perhaps spot of drizzle, their pea sized brains are triggered into action –
This is how their minds work – I think…
“Since I’ve owned the Xsara Picasso ‘Desire’ (really?), I’ve only been able to use the rear fog light switch a few times. Now will give me chance to show off to other motorists that this superbly styled vehicle, the streamlined shape having been modelled on a fat mouse with no tail, has the ground breaking feature – rear fog lights”
Well liven up dumbo – all cars since about 1950 have had a fog light on the back – they’re just not that exciting.
They were designed to stop us running into the back of you when we can’t see – not to glare in my eyes and set off a migraine.
To be honest, on days like today where they are clearly unnecessary I feel like aiming right at your sorry little Citroen and driving right on over the top.
Good day.