Using fog lights as DRL - will it pass inspection? Long story short i have a vehicle that wasn't equipped from the factory with daytime running lights. Will it pass out of province inspection to alberta if the drl module is hooked up to the cheap led fog lights rather than the short life halogen low beams? Alberta out of province inspections are brutal and they seemingly want the vehicle to be in virtual new condition.
As I understand it, the drl uses a certain percentage of your high beam lights. There are vehicles that uses fogs as DRLs from the factory. I don't see any issues. Once the car is safetied and on the road, yes fog lights are "legal" as DRL.
But if I remember correctly, during safety inspection, DRL needs to be able to turn on with the car and turn off automatically when the low beams turn on DRL cannot be on a physical switch. As others have mentioned, many new vehicles come with the fog lights as DRLs.
Can't find the reference at the moment but there's very little details. Front fog lights are not apart of an MOT test as they are optional. Putting a DRL sticker over the front fog light symbol should be enough, although i would imagine the same needs to be done on the dashboard lights.
I am not sure how dave's mate got 3 points for using fogs as a copper would need some evidence to show that you the driver did not have fog visible less than meters on your current journey, massive grey area. Fog can be mist in summer too. I see lots of people drive around with fogs on, in all honesty they don't blind me anywhere near as much as the stupid Mercedes drivers with their xenon lights.
If you put an additional lights right next to the fog light you could use them as a drls providing they are within the specified positions in the regulations. Daft i know but, thats life, rules have no common sense. If you get pulled by a copper who has cameras in the car, then it would clearly show what the visibility is like at that exact moment so no way of arguing against it, so is it worth risking on the chance the car may not have cameras installed.
I respect what you are saying steve i really do mate :- Truthfully i would not recommend the use of fog lights as DRL.
I had a look on the highway code and it seems it does actually mention front and rear, different to when i past my test :D anyways this is the extract.
You MUST switch them off when visibility improves. Therefore steve is bang on. Regulation 27 of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations concerns restrictions on the use of certain lamps, hazard warning signal devices and warning beacons other than those to which regulation 24 refers. OFFENCE 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 below is used in the manner so specified.
Front fog lamp. While I appreciate that the " meters" visibility is a fine line that can be debated when it's foggy or misty or whatever, this did not apply in his case because there was no fog or mist at all - it was perfectly clear and there was no justification to use them. As long as the actual fogs arent used, you can get away with almost anything as long as its white at the front.
I have a strip or leds behind the rad grill to light them up, they dont shine out and dazzle so not illegal either. The metre rule applies to the rear fog lights and severe reduction of visibility applies for front lights. If a vehicle is pulled over with any additional lights showing at the front of a vehicle and the fog lights switch is engaged then a penalty will be issued. In truth you're very unlikely to get penalised for drl unless they're stupid bright or badly positioned. You can post now and register later.
If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Single LLB units are now legal across Australia, however there are still discrepancies between the states concerning where they can be fitted on a vehicle the joys of Federation. These rules are open to interpretation, meaning that while all states now allow for LLBs and driving lights to be installed on the bumper or grille Figure 1 on the diagram , there are different rules for fitting them on the roof Figure 2 or rollbar Figure 3.
David Bonnici. Gallery 6. FOGLAMPS Front foglamps or foglights are mounted below the line of the headlights and emit a narrow beam designed to shine under the mist to illuminate the road surface in hazardous weather conditions such as fog, snow, heavy rain and dust storms.
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