Headlights on full beam in fog?

[red mermaid]

Was this crash on Newlands Road just up the hill from the Ngauranga Gorge Road?

I think that particular 'coroner' is a dork anyway. I've seen more than enough of his 'expert opinions' to decide that. They are only judges after all. The same guy thinks rollcages on quads would save lives.

Years ago I got done for careless use of a motor vehicle after I'd been taken out by a silly bitch that didn't look, and u turned right into the side of me. Fucking lucky I didn't lose my left lower leg (ripped the radiator header tank and left footrest/gear lever assembly clean off) as I tried to accelerate past her. I got done for it, even though she admitted she didn't look properly, as Iused the motorcycle in a way in which a normal 'prudent road user wouldn't', by accelerating instead of braking.

This, despite me explaining how much easier it is on an FZR 1000 to accelerate at short notice than stop.

A lot of judges are really quite simple.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Was this crash on Newlands Road just up the hill from the Ngauranga Gorge Road?

Nah...was on Taranaki St around 17 years ago!

[ducatilover]

KB analysis (emphasis on the anal) has reached the conclusion that the IPCA are fuck tards.

I use my sonar in fog, I use the exhaust leak on the bike as the clicker.

[jonbuoy]

I've played with it extensively, and I suggest that your visibility forward is no better with lights on fullbeam, and arguably worse in some circumstances, BUT it is FAR easier to see a vehicle coming from the OTHER direction in fog when their lights are on fullbeam.

For the magistrate to have made such a substantial statement is enough for me to consider doing it, but it has to be said theres no way I'd be on the wrong side of the road in fog - thats just russian roulette.

What is with that avatar??

[pete376403]

True fog lights are mounted as low as possible, to shine under the fog - there's usually a bit of clear air between the road surface and the fog. The old yellow lenses have been found to be no more effective than white light

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automot...ront_fog_lamps

Front fog lamps provide a wide, bar-shaped beam of light with a sharp cutoff at the top, and are generally aimed and mounted low.[10][11][12] They may be either white or selective yellow. They are intended for use at low speed to increase the illumination directed towards the road surface and verges in conditions of poor visibility due to rain, fog, dust or snow. As such, they are often most effectively used in place of dipped-beam headlamps, reducing the glareback from fog or falling snow, although the legality varies by jurisdiction of using front fog lamps without low beam headlamps.

[Mad-V2]

I think it all depends on what your driving really. I prefer to drive with lights on full in my work truck as I'm quite high above the lights, so the glare back is no brighter on high than when on dip.
The paint on the road is reflective, it reflects better when your lights are on full and also you will illuminate more catseyes and marker pegs with your lights on full.
On the bike though your screwed either way as the fog sticks to your visor and any glare will blind you.
The guy who was hit really only had himself to blame, but if the cop was driving to the conditions, he would have been able to avoid him.