{"id":143896,"date":"2023-12-02T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143896"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T11:30:07","slug":"drivers-warned-to-use-fog-lights-properly-or-risk-50-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/drivers-warned-to-use-fog-lights-properly-or-risk-50-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers warned to use fog lights properly or risk \u00a350 fine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Drivers have been warned to use their fog lights properly or risk a \u00a350 fine, as the UK faces a -10C freeze this weekend.<\/p>\n
Motoring company Driving Experience has warned drivers to brush up on their knowledge of when to use their fog lights.<\/p>\n
The company said that drivers who have their lights on during clear weather could be issued with fines.<\/p>\n
The warning comes as snow and ice cause widespread disruption across the UK this morning with trains and flights cancelled and events postponed due to the weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Flurries of snow fell in Scotland along with the southeast and southwest of England, with icy rails causing a power failure in Kent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Drivers braved the misty weather in Richmond Park, south-west London last week<\/p>\n
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Pictured: Ploughed fields shrouded in fog in Keele, Staffordshire<\/p>\n
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A commuter waits in a frozen over bus stop in Low Fell, Gateshead ths morning<\/p>\n
Operations manager Dan Jones told the Express: ‘Sometimes it is easy to forget you have put your fog lights on as you can’t see them when driving in lighter conditions.<\/p>\n
‘Failing to do so could mean that not only could you dazzle an oncoming driver and cause an accident, you could also be hit with a \u00a350 fine due to breaking the Highway Code.’<\/p>\n
According to the Highway Code, drivers should use their headlights when visibility is below 100 metres.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The website reads: ‘You may also use front or rear fog lights but you must switch them off when visibility improves.’<\/p>\n
Mr Jones added that using fog lights can reduce the vision of other drivers in some circumstances.<\/p>\n
He said that 6,000 collisions were caused by ‘external factors’ last year, which includes dazzling lights.<\/p>\n
While fog lights are generally switched on and off manually by the driver, some modern cars have automated systems to do this.<\/p>\n
With these vehicles, it’s easy to forget the lights are on or to think they’ve automatically switched off when needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for parts of the country this morning as temperatures dropped as low as -10C overnight.<\/p>\n
Parts of Britain even experienced snow last night – with heavy snow in Scotland causing Glasgow Airport to suspend all flights.<\/p>\n
Flurries of snow also fell in the southeast and southwest of England, with icy rails causing a power failure in Kent.<\/p>\n
This led to the Southeastern service between\u00a0Dover Priory and Ramsgate to be suspended.<\/p>\n
A homeless man was found dead in a car yesterday in Beeston, Nottinghamshire after freezing temperatures swept the country, with the fire brigade called to free his body from the vehicle.<\/p>\n