If it’s clear you are not allowed to use fog lights at night, either. It’s actually against the law in New Zealand to use your fog lights when it’s not either foggy or snowing, or visibility is significantly reduced in some other way, for example by smoke.
#Fog lights drivers
The disadvantage with a single fog lamp is that it is slightly more difficult to perceive the distance you are away from it.įog lights can be distracting and/or blinding to other drivers when there is no fog, so it’s important to only turn them on when required. Newer cars conforming to UN Regulation 48 must have at least a 10cm separation between the closest illuminated edge of any fog light and stop light. Many older cars have one single fog lamp in the right-hand rear light with a reversing lamp in the corresponding place in the left-hand light. Some cars, such as many Peugeot models, have a centre-mounted fog lamp. The intensity of a rear fog lamp is similar to that of a brake light, or stop lamp, and for this reason there is an argument that having two fog lamps is confusing to drivers following because it looks like activated brake lights. They are less common on Japanese and American vehicles. In Europe and other countries that adhere to UN Regulation 48, vehicles must be fitted with rear fog lights at minimum.
When you drive in fog or heavy snowfall you must use your dipped headlights and fog lights.įog lights consist of one or two bright red rear lights and two low-mounted headlights.
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