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Used to be, the vast majority of drivers used their headlights while driving in daylight fog . It was super foggy where I live this morning, and I noticed only about half of the drivers displaying lights. Anyone have any theories about this? The fog I was driving in offered about 100 feet visibility.
It was super foggy this morning on the way to work, and I made sure my headlights and fog lights were both on. Sometimes when it's as foggy as it was this morning, the fog lights just won't do on my Honda. I also so the majority of everyone else driving with their headlights on. I think where most people have automatic head lights, they get so used to the lights just being on, and probably don't think about it. I noticed that my lights were not on because while it was foggy, it was still bright enough for them to be off. So, I turned them on, but not everyone is as OCD as I am with things like that.
It's because people have gotten so self centered that they are the center of the universe and if they know where they are that is all that matters. They can't turn their thoughts outward to the point that they realize other drivers can't see them in the fog.
I assume the same reason why absolutely no one will dim their lights at night when approaching. It never occurs to them that it is dangerous for their precious self that they are blinding the approaching driver.
It's because people have gotten so self centered that they are the center of the universe and if they know where they are that is all that matters. They can't turn their thoughts outward to the point that they realize other drivers can't see them in the fog.
I assume the same reason why absolutely no one will dim their lights at night when approaching. It never occurs to them that it is dangerous for their precious self that they are blinding the approaching driver.
I've honestly not had that much of an issue either way. Maybe it's a regional thing? Sure, sometimes, you get people who forget to dim their lights at night. I've been guilty by this. Not because I don't care, just because it didn't dawn on me until the car had almost past. It happens. Nothing intentional. Just like everyone at one point or another has accidentally pulled out in front of somebody by mistake.
You must live in an area with old cars, Most cars have headlights that are on all the time and have done for many years now.
What year new cars would that be? I see brand new cars driving without headlights on all the time, even when headlight use is required. The only place I know where all new cars have daytime running lights is in Canada. I live in a safety zone that requires headlights on 24 hours a day. Compliance is about 90%.
Which is the real problem. Why do I even have to remember to turn on my headlights each time I start the ignition? I can leave my radio on all the time, and it will automatically turn back on when I restart my car. But if I try to leave my headlights on, I get an alarm telling me to turn them off. We are actually paying extra money not to have one of the most basic safety features on our cars. It defies logic. There shouldn't even be a headlight switch on cars.
Last edited by Cloudy Dayz; 11-13-2017 at 09:22 AM..
That's interesting...you're following the letter of the law, but if you truly never run your wipers then there are definitely times when it is so cloudy/dark that headlights are called for/recommended. Is your point to not get caught by the law or do you want to be safer?
It's not intentional. Just something that I don't think about. In olden days it was habit to reach down and turn on the headlights when I turn on the wipers.. Well, that habit still exists.. Problem is.. I'm not reaching down to turn on the wipers.
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Originally Posted by victimofGM
I live in south Louisiana where fog is fairly common. Learned to drive in the 80s. Always turned on low beam headlights, turned on windshield defogger with thermostat on warm to hot if window fogging up, and slowed down depending on visibility and traffic. Having fog lights doesn’t allow you to drive at or above posted speed limit. It allows you to better see the road immediately in front of your vehicle in thick fog and increases your vehicle’s visibility for oncoming traffic. High beams not only inhibit your visibility, they also inhibit oncoming traffic’s visibility.
Slowing down is fine and a good thing to do.. However, another thing I see is stopping on the side of the road.. Or driving 15 mph on the interstate.. Not so good. Being in the south, where snow happens normally about once a year and oftentimes is more ice than snow.. It's always hilarious to see the people in 4WD crashed off the side of the road.
Used to be, the vast majority of drivers used their headlights while driving in daylight fog . It was super foggy where I live this morning, and I noticed only about half of the drivers displaying lights. Anyone have any theories about this? The fog I was driving in offered about 100 feet visibility.
Theory? People are morons. They're likely the same ones who drive with their parking lights on at dawn and dusk.
Theory? People are morons. They're likely the same ones who drive with their parking lights on at dawn and dusk.
France used to have those amber headlights. Seemed like a good idea at the time. EU made them stop.
I have not encountered the bright LED or HID headlights in bad fog yet. How's that working out?
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