As I drive through the more affluent parts of our city, I notice that about 30% of all cars and SUVs have their fog lights on, even on a bright, sunny day. Why is this? I have a number of theories: Newer cars turn the fog lights on to supplement the day time running lights It is terribly fashionab…

[image] phanhuyen: I would ask one of the offenders, but you know they are going to say “It’s safer that way, and you can never be too safe” I would agree. By the way, what city are we talking about? Dallas? Anchorage? Bangladesh? London? Paris? There’s a reason it’s called the “World Wide …

I’ve never had a car where they go on automatically. You have to physically turn them on and if you go to the bright lights, they turn off. I sometimes will use them when I want to be sure to be seen, either in lower light levels or heavy traffic. So I would guess either that or they think they a…

[image] bing: I can’t imagine someone hitting the switch in broad daylight just to look cool. Me neither, but I CAN imagine someone turning them on to make themselves a bit more noticeable to other drivers who aren’t paying attention. I always turn my headlights on for that reason, regardles…

When I used to run Buffalo to Watertown and back in the 60s and 70s all our trucks had driving lights mounted under the bumper and aimed so they did not point even slightly above level and showed you the condition of the road surface and did not reflect light off the thick blinding snowflakes. I al…

A quick search would have found this long dead thread. [image] Misuse of lights General Discussion Would someone explain to me what it is with such rampant misuse of lights with so many drivers these days? Namely Turn Signal and Fog Lights. I am amazed at how many drivers …

I do frequently use my foglights at night. Our streets are poorly lighted, the foglights give me better illumination of road edges. Foglights should not affect oncoming traffic since they are aimed lower that low beam headlights. What is starting to become a problem are the aftermarket LED light …

[image] phanhuyen: Newer cars turn the fog lights on to supplement the day time running lights That can’t happen. Fogs can only illuminate with the low beams, not DRLs nor high beams. So scratch that one. [image] phanhuyen: The drivers don’t know where the switch is/don’t know they have …

[image] Mustangman: And the really dangerous one - DRLs-only at night with no tail or running lights. People see the headlights (really DRLs) and assume ALL the lights are one. I saw a black SUV last night doing this. I damn near ran into the back of a black sedan a few years ago only running…

No, he didn’t figure it out! He probably tells all his friends he can’t understand these crazy drivers honking their horns all the time… :thinking:

[image] Mustangman: DRLs-only at night with no tail or running lights. People see the headlights (really DRLs) and assume ALL the lights are one. That very problem is the main reason I believe it makes more sense to simply have all the regular lights come on whenever the engine is running. An…

A quick question about foggiest

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A quick search would have found this long dead thread.

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A quick question about foggiest

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