{"id":7960,"date":"2012-02-01T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T13:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=7960"},"modified":"2012-02-01T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T13:56:21","slug":"fog-lights-cause-300000-accidents-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=7960","title":{"rendered":"Fog Lights Cause 300,000 Accidents A Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another insurer on the publicity trail again, but <a title=\"Fog Lights cause 300,000 accidents a year\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2012\/01\/31\/uk-insurer-says-reckless-fog-light-drivers-cause-300-000-accid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#800000\">Swiftcover reckons<\/font><\/a> that keeping your fog lights on when they aren\u2019t needed (i.e. almost every male driver under the age of 30) leads to \u201cas many as 300,000\u201d accidents and 2,000,000 near misses per annum.<\/p>\n<p>The full press release includes the following figures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">fog lights caused 300.000 accidents in 2011<\/font> <\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">2m near misses in the same period<\/font> <\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">20% of young drivers leave lights on \u201cbecause it looks good\u201d<\/font> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fog_lights.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/130;margin: 6px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left\" title=\"fog_lights\" alt=\"fog_lights\" align=\"left\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fog_lights_thumb.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"130\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a>On that last one\u2026 I told you so!<\/p>\n<p>Other excuses were that their normal lights weren\u2019t bright enough (but obviously, brighter than <strong>they<\/strong> were), and to improve visibility on poorly lit roads. Those under 34 years were most likely to have left lights on \u201cbecause it looked good\u201d (look, I told you, didn\u2019t I?)<\/p>\n<p>Someone really needs to get it across to them: they don\u2019t look cool with fog lights on. They look like what they are \u2013 total prats.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, I\u2019m not quite sure how Swiftcover can attribute so many accidents just to fog lights. Just as many people driver around with only one light working (so you think there\u2019s a motorbike coming at you), and that\u2019s far more dangerous than fog lights being on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another insurer on the publicity trail again, but Swiftcover reckons that keeping your fog lights on when they aren\u2019t needed (i.e. almost every male driver under the age of 30) leads to \u201cas many as 300,000\u201d accidents and 2,000,000 near misses per annum. 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