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- Subject: Re: fog lamps
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- From: alanb@sdl.ug.eds.com (Alan Braggins)
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:54:01 GMT
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- In-reply-to: bill@Celestial.COM's message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:38:22 GMT
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- >>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:38:22 GMT, bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) said:
-
- > A nice simple rule is never to let oncoming traffic ever see your
- > driving lights or high beams. IMHO these lights should be wired
- > to a relay on the high-beam side so they automatically go off
- > when the lights are dimmed.
-
- Its also a legal requirement in the UK.
-
- > Properly set up fog lights should probably be wired so that the
- > headlights are turned off completely when the fog lights are on.
- > One of the biggest problems driving in fog is the light being
- > reflected back by the fog and the low position and sharp cutoff
- > of the fog lights is designed to minimize back glare.
-
- I think fog lights are allowed to be used with high beam, though
- its pretty pointless using well adjusted fogs in good weather,
- or high beam in fog.
- While you might see better with headlights off totally in fog, you may
- be more visible with them on (dipped).
-
- What really irritates me is people using high intesity rear lights
- in fine weather (also illegal in UK, but widespread).
-