{"id":669,"date":"2009-08-28T11:15:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2009-08-28T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T10:15:35","slug":"use-fog-lights-properly-avoid-car-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/08\/28\/use-fog-lights-properly-avoid-car-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Fog Lights Properly to Avoid Car Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/fog-accident-claims-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"fog-accident-claims\" title=\"fog-accident-claims\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-670\" \/>As is probably given away in its name, you should only use a fog light when there is fog or similar bad conditions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The rules of the Highway Code states that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You MUST use you front and rear fog lights if visibility is seriously reduced<\/li>\n<li>You MUST NOT use your fog lights if visibility is not reduced<\/li>\n<li>You should not use your lights to dazzle other road users<\/li>\n<li>You MUST switch you fog lights off when visibility improves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you do not follow the above simple rules whilst driving, you may become in danger of having an accident, if injury\/ damaged is caused, you may be fully\/partially liability for the accident and the damage.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of <em>Burgess V Hearn<\/em> a motorcyclist brought a claim against a car driver who was only showing side lights in thick foggy conditions, the motorcyclist had swerved to miss a collision on his side of the road and collided with the oncoming car which wasn\u2019t correctly lit. The judge held them both equally to blame because the motorcyclist had been travelling too fast but the driver had not used his car lights correctly. If the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/motorcycle-accident-claims.php\">motorcyclist claim<\/a> had been driving at a suitable speed for the conditions, the judge may have held the driver of the poorly lit car 100% to blame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you are travelling in bad weather conditions were there is poor visibility, mainly because of fog you MUST be sure to correctly light your vehicle to be as safe as possible on the road. If you are involved in an accident because you haven\u2019t lit your vehicle correctly, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/road_traffic_accidents.php\">car accident claim<\/a> may be brought against you and a judge will more than likely hold you substantially to blame for the accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is probably given away in its name, you should only use a fog light when there is fog or similar bad conditions! The rules of the Highway Code states that: You MUST use you front and rear fog lights if visibility is seriously reduced You MUST NOT use your fog lights if visibility is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/08\/28\/use-fog-lights-properly-avoid-car-accidents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Use Fog Lights Properly to Avoid Car Accidents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Avoid Car Accidents - Use Fog Lights Properly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2009\/08\/28\/use-fog-lights-properly-avoid-car-accidents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Avoid Car Accidents - Use Fog Lights Properly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As is probably given away in its name, you should only use a fog light when there is fog or similar bad conditions! 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