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    Aug 7, 2008 3:21:49 PM

    Dan L
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police

    I was once pulled over in Oklahoma for "illegal use of fowl weather lights." I had my fog lights on my 911SC which can only be on when the low beam headlights are on. Their trafffic code permitted the use of fog lights with headlights at all times and fog lights alone when weather conditions dictated. As in your case, the lighting wiring was by the factory; in those days you couldn't run fog lights alone without the low beams being on.

    I loved the officer's ignorance of their own laws,--and his inability to differentiate between a chicken (fowl) and less than optimal weather conditions (foul). But I got off with merely a warning!

    Dan

    Aug 7, 2008 6:53:34 PM

    Minok
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police

    To be fair, its difficult for folks to tell, given these new front ends have the LED DRLs down where one normally finds fog lights, rather than coming from the headlight space. And the absence of distinct fog lights confuses things further. I can see how those bright LEDs would lead one to think you were driving around in good weather with fog lights on.

    Aug 8, 2008 3:30:31 PM

    Leawood911
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police

    Quote:
    Minok said:
    Well, I'll go out on a different limb here and say, I'm actually glad the officer is investigating it.

    Here in the US too many people drive around all the time with their 'fog lights' on.. sometimes the fog-tail light on as well. I guess they think it makes them look sporty or cool. What it does is blind the crap out of the rest of us because there's no bloody fog and visibility is great. Worse is the rear fog light which makes it look like they might be on the brake.....

    So nipping improper fog light usage is a-ok with me. Personally, I'd have just explained what I could to the officer, and then politely agreed to go have it checked out. There's no point in arguing with him.



    Blinded by foglights in the daylight??? I just don't get it. After 30 seconds, the time it should have taken even a blind cop to realize the steering wheel was on the right, the driver should have been back on the road.
    That said, I love to get pulled over for pushing the envelope but not really breaking the law. Nothing better than a warning without possibily for a ticket, gives you a chance to chat with them and remind them to ticket a_holes that do not signal.

    Aug 8, 2008 6:14:36 PM

    Revvv
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police

    Are you enjoying your new 997.2 Carrera PDK ? Is the shifting satisfying ? Is the new Direct Injection engine super responsive ? I hope so .......

    Revvv

    Aug 9, 2008 9:30:54 AM

    ElTonioni Offline
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police

    Was he really envious or did he think that you looked like a chav who should be driving a pimped up Corsa?

    Hideous things - turn them off in the daytime.

    Aug 10, 2008 10:10:00 PM

    987_Belgium
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    Re: 997.2 LED lights - stopped by UK police


    ACAB, i hear you man, have the same problem over here.
     
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