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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2007Fog lights
Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is not foggy? It looks like the oncoming driver has his brights on. I've tried mine, and find the area they illuminate right in front of the car to be annoying. I want to see what's fifty feet down the road rather than what's directly under my bumper. Are these just clueless twits who are saying, "Oh, look at me, I finally own a car that has fog lights, although I don't have a clue how to use them?" STeve > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > STeve I think some people who use fog lights inappropriately are 'just clueless twits who are saying, "Oh, look at me, I finally own a car that has fog lights, although I don't have a clue how to use them?"' I think another group are agressive jerks who want to intimidate others. Some others are just clueless - they think fog lights are useful because they provide a bright spot in front of the vehicle, when in fact they are actually adding light to the wrong area. I have given up trying to convince people that they should use fog lights appropriately. It is sort of like pissing into the wind. See http://home.mindspring.com/~ed_white/id8.html for my thoughts n this subject. Ed > > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Ed Then there are the twits who think they are "fog/driving" lights. They don't even know that those are two incompatible things. Fog -illuminates low and directly in front of the car. Driving - concentrated beam aimed down the road aways. Harry K >> > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them >> > when it is not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Harry K Or the twits with NO lights on at all. Today visibility ranged from 100 feet to max 1/4 mile. I'd say (yes it's a WAG) that 10-15% of the cars didn't have any lights on at all. Doug > Or the twits with NO lights on at all. Today visibility ranged from 100 > feet to max 1/4 mile. I'd say (yes it's a WAG) that 10-15% of the cars > didn't have any lights on at all. > > Doug I see that a lot. But the freeways and roadways are so brilliantly lit that the driver can't tell if his own lights are on or off--it really makes no difference. Rural roads are different, of course. Those bright-spot brilliant blue lights are a real hazard. They blind on-coming drivers. I can't figure out why the mfgrs put them on in the first place. > >> > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them > >> > when it is not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Doug This afternoon in northern Missouri the snowstorm was *trying* to end, and the sky was overcast. Even with the flurries, over half the cars I saw left the lights off. Then again, it only takes a 70% score ONCE on the driving test in MO to remain licensed for life - provided the driver passes the vision and monetary tests. >>>> Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them >>>> when it is not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Doug In MD, lights are required when sight distance falls below 1000 feet. > > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Ed There are very few true fog lights on cars these days in my experience. Most of the suppemental lights are more of what could be called driving lights. But most of the drivers I've seen use them along with impossibly bright blue headlamps as a way to show others that the owner is a Serious Driver. The reality is that most of us are irritated by such nonsense and usually see the oncoming driver for what he is...an immature individual seeking attention. >> > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is >> > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Most of the suppemental lights are more of what could be called >driving lights. They aren't even that. They are little more then ambiance lighting but too bright. Fog lights have a sharp cutoff, driving lights illuminate in the distance. What's on today's cars rarely does either. I suspect partly because they are not designed to be adjusted so they don't want them to do more then just cast a fuzzy glow, pretty much like back up lights. But most of the drivers I've seen use them along with >impossibly bright blue headlamps as a way to show others that the owner >is a Serious Driver. The reality is that most of us are irritated by >such nonsense and usually see the oncoming driver for what he is...an >immature individual seeking attention. > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > STeve Boneheads with newer cars even get to annoy those behind them, with the rearwards-facing bright red lights that kick on along with the fogs. Dave >>Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is >>not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dave That's the required-in-europe "rear fog light" - it takes a special kind of idiot to annoy someone with those, because they do not come on automatically with the front fog lights; it requires an extra click of the switch to activate the rear fog. nate  Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > not foggy? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Are these just clueless twits who are saying, "Oh, look at me, I finally own > a car that has fog lights, although I don't have a clue how to use them?" Stupidity has never been in short supply with the g.p. I still can't understand why people tailgate. All it usually does is piss off the driver ahead of them, and if they slam on their brakes, it'll be the tailgater's fault. > Why is it that people who have fog lights on their cars use them when it is > not foggy? Because one of the most popular dealer-installed accessories is Clue Teflon. > Are these just clueless twits who are saying, "Oh, look at me, I finally own > a car that has fog lights, although I don't have a clue how to use them?" Yes. -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) |
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