Drivers warned to use fog lights properly or risk £50 fine – as UK faces -10C freeze this weekend
- Drivers who have their fog lights on in clear weather can be fined £50
Drivers have been warned to use their fog lights correctly or risk a £50 fine as Britain faces a -10 degree Celsius frost this weekend.
Car company Driving Experience has warned motorists to refresh their knowledge about using their fog lights.
The company said drivers who have their lights on in clear weather could be fined.
The warning comes as snow and ice are causing widespread disruption across Britain this morning, with trains and flights canceled and events postponed due to the weather.
Blizzards fell in Scotland, along with the south-east and south-west of England, while icy rails caused a power outage in Kent.
Drivers braved the foggy weather in Richmond Park, south-west London, last week
Pictured: Plowed fields shrouded in mist in Keele, Staffordshire
A commuter waits in a frozen bus stop in Low Fell, Gateshead this morning
Operations manager Dan Jones told the Emphatic: 'Sometimes it's easy to forget that you have your fog lights on because you can't see them when you're driving in lighter conditions.
'Failure to do this could mean that not only could you blind an oncoming car and cause an accident, but you could also be fined £50 for breaching the Highway Code.'
According to the Highway Code, drivers must use their headlights when visibility is less than 100 meters.
The website states: 'You may also use the front or rear fog lamps, but you must switch them off when visibility improves.'
Mr Jones added that the use of fog lights can reduce the visibility of other drivers in certain circumstances.
He said 6,000 collisions last year were caused by “external factors” including blinding lights.
While fog lights are generally turned on and off manually by the driver, some modern cars have automated systems to do this.
With these vehicles, it is easy to forget that the lights are on or to think that they are automatically turned off when needed.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for parts of the country this morning as temperatures fell to -10 degrees overnight.
Parts of Britain even experienced snow overnight – with heavy snowfall in Scotland causing Glasgow Airport to suspend all flights.
Blizzards also fell in the south-east and south-west of England, with icy rails causing a power outage in Kent.
This led to the south-eastern service between Dover Priory and Ramsgate being suspended.
A homeless man was found dead in a car in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, yesterday after freezing temperatures swept the country, with firefighters called to free his body from the vehicle.