Better Driving Please
PK56 NDZ (speeding & foglights)
UPDATE: Perhaps this selfish idiot is now part of another shocking statistic!
The driver of this vehicle overtook me as I did exactly 50mph (on cruise control) in a 50mph roadwork zone, monitored by average speed cameras. I would estimate that this vehicle was travelling at around 55-60mph.
Additionally, I don't know why this clown has their foglights (actually both front and rear) on when there is no more than a slight haze. The law states that visibility has to be seriously reduced before foglights can be used, and this clearly is not the case here.
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Background information:
A section of long-term roadworks on the motorway with a 50mph speed restriction in force and monitored by average speed cameras. Due to the hard shoulder and part of lane 1 being blocked off, the three running lanes have all been narrowed, and there is only a couple of feet (c. 60cm) between vehicles travelling side-by-side.
Like myself, the majority of drivers observe the 50mph speed limit, which is in force in order to help ensure the safety of road users and workmen alike, as with vehicles travelling so close to each other there is an increased risk of collisions.
However, there are always a few (quite a few, it seems) drivers who regard the rules of the road as applying to everyone but them. These ignorant drivers travel through the restricted area in excess of the legally enforceable speed limit and in spite of the fact that their law-breaking is being measured and captured by the cameras. Do they really think that they will escape unpunished? Or are they displaying false registration plates, so they know they will not be held accountable for their inconsiderate and anti-social driving?
So I hereby present photographic identification of vehicles that passed me today as I drove along the restricted section of motorway at exactly 50mph (cruise control active). Thus, by default, each of these drivers was exceeding the legal speed limit and as such breaking the law.
Note: Images were captured using a camera fixed to the dashboard of my car and activated by way of a remote control unit attached to my steering wheel, thus allowing me to activate the camera without removing my eyes from the road ahead. The camera was configured to capture a wide field of vision, and images were cropped afterwards to centralise the relevant vehicles.
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Furthermore...
It is illegal to use foglights if visibility is greater than 100m, which it was on this occasion.
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The rules according to The Highway Code:
226 You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236)
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
236
You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
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The Law: The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989:
Reg 27. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road any vehicle on which any lamp, hazard warning signal device or warning beacon of a type specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below is used in a manner specified in that item in column 3:
Front fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to other
persons using the road.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any
time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Used so as to be lit
when a vehicle is parked.
Rear fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to the driver
of a following vehicle.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Save in the case of an emergency vehicle, used so as to be lit when a vehicle is parked."
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What the police say:
"Front and rear fog lights are only to be used in cases of seriously reduced visibility. Using fog lights when the visibility is not seriously reduced can dazzle and cause discomfort to other road users. This can be dangerous to other road users and is an offence, which could mean you are liable for a substantial fine."
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PK56 NDZ (speeding & foglights)
UPDATE: Perhaps this selfish idiot is now part of another shocking statistic!
The driver of this vehicle overtook me as I did exactly 50mph (on cruise control) in a 50mph roadwork zone, monitored by average speed cameras. I would estimate that this vehicle was travelling at around 55-60mph.
Additionally, I don't know why this clown has their foglights (actually both front and rear) on when there is no more than a slight haze. The law states that visibility has to be seriously reduced before foglights can be used, and this clearly is not the case here.
.
Background information:
A section of long-term roadworks on the motorway with a 50mph speed restriction in force and monitored by average speed cameras. Due to the hard shoulder and part of lane 1 being blocked off, the three running lanes have all been narrowed, and there is only a couple of feet (c. 60cm) between vehicles travelling side-by-side.
Like myself, the majority of drivers observe the 50mph speed limit, which is in force in order to help ensure the safety of road users and workmen alike, as with vehicles travelling so close to each other there is an increased risk of collisions.
However, there are always a few (quite a few, it seems) drivers who regard the rules of the road as applying to everyone but them. These ignorant drivers travel through the restricted area in excess of the legally enforceable speed limit and in spite of the fact that their law-breaking is being measured and captured by the cameras. Do they really think that they will escape unpunished? Or are they displaying false registration plates, so they know they will not be held accountable for their inconsiderate and anti-social driving?
So I hereby present photographic identification of vehicles that passed me today as I drove along the restricted section of motorway at exactly 50mph (cruise control active). Thus, by default, each of these drivers was exceeding the legal speed limit and as such breaking the law.
Note: Images were captured using a camera fixed to the dashboard of my car and activated by way of a remote control unit attached to my steering wheel, thus allowing me to activate the camera without removing my eyes from the road ahead. The camera was configured to capture a wide field of vision, and images were cropped afterwards to centralise the relevant vehicles.
.
Furthermore...
It is illegal to use foglights if visibility is greater than 100m, which it was on this occasion.
.
The rules according to The Highway Code:
226 You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236)
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
236
You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.
[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]
.
The Law: The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989:
Reg 27. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road any vehicle on which any lamp, hazard warning signal device or warning beacon of a type specified in an item in column 2 of the Table below is used in a manner specified in that item in column 3:
Front fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to other
persons using the road.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any
time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Used so as to be lit
when a vehicle is parked.
Rear fog lamp
(a) Used so as to cause undue
dazzle or discomfort to the driver
of a following vehicle.
(b) Used so as to be lit at any time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.
(c) Save in the case of an emergency vehicle, used so as to be lit when a vehicle is parked."
.
What the police say:
"Front and rear fog lights are only to be used in cases of seriously reduced visibility. Using fog lights when the visibility is not seriously reduced can dazzle and cause discomfort to other road users. This can be dangerous to other road users and is an offence, which could mean you are liable for a substantial fine."
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