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Fog lights...illegal?
Is it just me or are the fog lights on these cars unusually bright? I think SVX's look better at night with them on, but everytime I turn them on cars start flashing their brights at me. I was wondering if cops can give tickets for having them on when..umm..there is no fog, since they are so bright on this car??? Maybe mistaking them for brights.
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They do it to me as well. They just don't realize they are fogs.
If you look closely, you'll see the beam aims lower, and if you get out and look for yourself, it is not as bright as the headlights.
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People probably just think they are high beams because they see 4 lights... I just ignore the first flash, if they flash a second time I flip to highs and leave it like that
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Some more advice: Watch the road they are on. If it's bumpy or wavy it can appear as if you are being flashed. This is a common effect of driving a car so low to the ground.
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I've never had anyone flash at me and I drive with mine on all the time. Trust me, They aren't very bright. Turn them on and stand in front of the car.
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As for fogs being illegal...For some reason, every idiot that has em on their car (99% of them in the bumper) have them on. Daytime, night time...Whenever. I hate theese jerks...I mean....it itsnt foggy out? wtf? your wasting alternator output and more than likely going to blow a bumb beforte you actually need them...IN THE FOG. Idiots...And Nooo...the svx is all low to the ground and trucks put them right at eye level. Yeah, fogs at eye level....stupid J.C. Whitney grill mounted wal-mart blue bulb bull**** all up in my face. And wtf is with HID's? are they blue? purple? White? Either way they blind the **** out of anything within a mile away, only to become bareble a half second before you "Beam them back" Bright lights are only safe to the jerks using them. If people wore their glasses and their damned contacts, they wouldnt need to blind the hell out of everyone else on the road to see what the hell they are doing... ....Oh crap...Sorry for the rant. I must be the most compulsive typer. What was the thread about? I probly answered the queston somewhre in there. Bedtime now, bye bye
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Yeah. Easy way to avoid that. Turn off your fogs. Unless it's foggy. Putting the fogs on makes it look more like a 90s Tbird or Saturn anyway.
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agreed..thats why i keep mine off...i dont even use them period.
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On other fronts, I often leave my high beams on driving my truck on the freeway, it seems without them people can't see me and feel the need to change lanes leaving only 10 feet, then slow down what is this all about
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No matter the vehicle, using foglamps in fair weather is as inconsiderate as refusing to dim one's brights to oncoming traffic. Every bit as blinding, so what's the difference? dcb |
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Switching to amber fog lights doesn't help much ether. I run PIAA Ion Crysta bulbs. I still get flashed some times. I just flash my 100 watt highs and they get it. I keep my fogs off most of the time.
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I definately need brighter fog lights I have those yellow ION crystal ones and they aren't bright enough. I've never gotten flashed for having my lights on. What are you guys using to make people flash you back???
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The problem with high beams isn't just the light intensity, it is also the pattern, low beam pattern tends to put less light in the oncoming lane partially because the headlights are often pointed to the right a bit, not much, just enough to light up the shoulder, high beam tends to spread the brightest part of the light all over the road. The cheap aftermarket foglights, however, are terible and I believe they are often mounted upsidown so they only point up
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