Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:32:16 +0000 From: John McQuaid <johnnopsamuaid.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: FOG LIGHTS are for FOG!!!
In article <19971216142100.JAA00444nopsamer01.news.aol.com>, SafeBoxSys <safeboxsysnopsamcom> writes >On 16 Dec 1997 03:04:39 GMT, "Duane Dostie" <ddostienopsamtiernet.net> >wrote: > >>They should be aimed lower than the low beams to fill in >>the area that the lows don't cover. That's what fog lights are for. > >While I agree with Duane. I still think fog lights are for the atmospheric >condition they were named after. I drive my truck around the eastern half of >the country a great deal. You should hear the truckers when one of their >breathren has fog lights on. I haven't heard as much yelling as when "Convoy" >comes on the radio. Man do they HATE fog lights. I agree! Fog lights are usually used in this country by 'posers' (I hope you Americans know what I mean) to glamorise their cars. With todays modern tungsten lamps there is hardly any benefit to be gained. Spot lamps and fog lamps are a throw back to the days of yore when the dynamo controlled the power output and filament lamps threw pathetic beams. In Britain, it is against the law to use them other than in adverse conditions, as is the case with the rear intensive lights which are normally wired only to operate when the front beams are dipped. Saab is on of the most safety conscious companies in the world as we all know and yet my top of the range 900 Turbo is fitted with no extra lamps at the front. Perhaps they know something about their usefulness? -- John McQuaid Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. "Don't rest on your laurels - they make a poor mattress"
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