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- Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!bowmanj
- From: bowmanj@csn.org (Jerry Bowman)
- Subject: Re: fog lamps
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.155405.17965@colorado.edu>
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, OCS
- References: <1993Jan21.085305.14965@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan21.170831.8474@netcom.com> <1993Jan22.055406.10248@spdc.ti.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:54:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.055406.10248@spdc.ti.com> serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan21.170831.8474@netcom.com> linley@netcom.com (Bruce James Robrert Linley) writes:
- >>In a previous article tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) spake...
- >>>
- >>>[stuff deleted]
- >>>i know that my fog lamps don't produce much additional glare
- >>>compared to my regular low beams, since they are aimed fairly low.
- >>>but i'm getting tired of being flashed whenever i use my fog lamps
- >>>and i thought about changing them to amber. are there any
- >>>replacement bulbs that would do this?
- >>>
- >>
- >>Turn 'em off. These damn fog lights are nothing but a glaring pain in the ass
- >>to other drivers on the road (Amber or otherwise) especially since people who
- >>have them seem to drive with 'em on weather or not there's fog. If there IS
- >>fog, then please, use the lights (as they were meant). Otherwise get used to
- >>other drivers flashing their brights at you. Sorry, but I really hate these
- >>lights (as much as those blinding strobe lights that some cars use as turn
- >>signals).
- >>--
- >
- >Fog lamps, when they are set up properly should not produce additional glare.
- >I have installed several sets on various vehicles, and always, the beams are
- >adjusted so that at 25ft they project just below the actual height of the
- >lamps. They are pretty much useless, if they are adjusted any higher, as they
- >will just through glare back in the drivers face. And yes, I keep them on even
- >in no fog. So flash away, I'll just flash back.
- >
- >******************************************************************************
- >Mike Serafin serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com Texas Instruments
- >DoD #0742 AMA #671922 HOG #0565502 Dallas, Texas
- >1967 Firebird 326 1982 Honda CM250C
- >1969 Barracuda Formula 340S 1993 H-D FLHS
- >1988 Ford F250 4x4 1964 Cessna 310I
- >1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- >******************************************************************************
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- Serafin -- You got too damned many toys !
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