Fog lights as cornering lights

[C99]

David B8 (big thanks for his work) in audizine find another interesting VCDS mod.

Fog lights as cornering lights.

09 - Central electric

Byte 4, bit 0, change 0 to 1


I haven't test it yet, but some people on audizine did.

[C99]

I have tested it and it looks like it works.

[loc]

Thanks guys for these. I added the latest ones to the list as well for future reference...

[acowabunga]

Thanks for adding them to your site. It makes for easy reference down the road should an unsuspecting Audi tech reset my car to it's "default" coding at a future service.

[Mulski]

Originally Posted by C99

I have tested it and it looks like it works.

Excuse my ignorance, but how do the fog lights work as cornering lights ?

Cheers

[acowabunga]

No worries...the fog light on the side in which you have your turn signal activated will illuminate. Then, after you turn and the turn signal stalk has returned to the neutral or off position, the fog light will then fade to off.

[loc]

Yeah, a common feature on the many Mercedes and Skodas to use single fogs as cornering lights... a bit of cheap gimmick compared to real corner lights but still might be useful to try out.

[Ageing Biker]

I suspect that this would be a waste of time as the fogs are massively overpowered by the headlights which means that the amount of additional light would be very negligible. A bit gimmicky IMHO. If you want the additional light provided by the fogs- switch them on!

[thetoothdoc]

I am sure that this would be illegal in the UK and a definite MOT failure for our vehicles when they reach that magic age.

[ChristopherPovey]

Originally Posted by thetoothdoc

I am sure that this would be illegal in the UK and a definite MOT failure for our vehicles when they reach that magic age.

Most definitely is. Running with front or rear fogs on (even just one of them) is illegal in the UK if visibility is greater than 100 metres. Not to mention sitting at a junction with one fog light on would just look ridiculous!


Edit: Should have been 100 metres not yards!

[morski]

Originally Posted by thetoothdoc

I am sure that this would be illegal in the UK and a definite MOT failure for our vehicles when they reach that magic age.

Mercedes have it as standard. Their cars dont fail MOT's because of this!

[Mulski]

Originally Posted by morski

Mercedes have it as standard. Their cars dont fail MOT's because of this!

I'm gobsmacked at this; I've never seen a Merc with this feature or indeed any other car for that matter. Is this a very recent addition?

That said, IMHO if you can't judge a corner with the standard lights, or adaptive lights (if fitted), you ought not to be driving.

Cheers

[morski]

See them all the time here on the ML, GL S and E class. They do look a bit silly going on and off and when your sat so damn high up in Merc jeep you dont exactly care what your driving over anyway!
I think the illumination on the cormer is more for the the half sighted drivers that also share our roads so they sort of know which way the car in frontis turning. Still a bit pants though

[Mulski]

Originally Posted by morski

See them all the time here on the ML, GL S and E class. They do look a bit silly going on and off and when your sat so damn high up in Merc jeep you dont exactly care what your driving over anyway!
I think the illumination on the cormer is more for the the half sighted drivers that also share our roads so they sort of know which way the car in front is turning. Still a bit pants though

LoL - thats Merc drivers for you (Ooops!)

Cheers

[gruffle]

Originally Posted by ChristopherPovey

Most definitely is. Running with front or rear fogs on (even just one of them) is illegal in the UK if visibility is greater than 100 metres. Not to mention sitting at a junction with one fog light on would just look ridiculous!


Edit: Should have been 100 metres not yards!

not entirely accurate ...

114
You MUST NOT

use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226)
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.


[Law RVLR reg 27]



this has been updated i think or my memory a bit dodgy - no fixed distance now, and I like that last one about brake lights, love to see the first on the spot fine for leaving your brake lights on in a queue!

hill -hold required

[ChristopherPovey]

Originally Posted by gruffle

not entirely accurate ...

114
You MUST NOT

use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226)
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.


[Law RVLR reg 27]



this has been updated i think or my memory a bit dodgy - no fixed distance now, and I like that last one about brake lights, love to see the first on the spot fine for leaving your brake lights on in a queue!

hill -hold required

Rule 226:

You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236).


[Law RVLR regs 25 & 27]

Brake light one would be a pain in my old A4 Multitronic. Stop at lights. Into neutral. Hand brake on foot off brake peddel. Lights change. Foot on brake peddel, into Drive, hand brake off. Wave at motorist behind beeping at you wondering why we you are still stationary when the light have been green for the last 5 seconds!!!

[SDS5]

[quote=gruffle;112182]not entirely accurate ...

[i][color="Blue"]114
You MUST NOT


In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.

slightly off topic...an unofficial California self preservation law 101

In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should tap the foot-brake to flash brake lights to try to wake up approaching drivers before they smash in to the back of you.

[speary]

Just a note on the above posts. In the Highway code MUST is law and SHOULD is advisory.
The recommended use of the handbrake on automatics when stopping for more than a few seconds is, leave it in D and apply the handbrake.
Also if you stay on the ball at traffic lights you can pick up clues as to when your light will change to green so you will always be ready to move off and not hold anybody up.
One of my pet hates is 3 gigawatts of rear light in my face when it isnt really necessary, especialy at night,