Date:         Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:32:52 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
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>Solitary fog lights (without main lights on) are purpose-function
>lights. If it's foggy out, great. If it's not foggy out and they are
>on in addition to the main lamps, they are in violation of NZ law,
>and in the USA I'm not sure, but I certainly will flash my lights at
>them.
>
>Simply by the fact that both sets of lights are on means that more
>light is reaching my eyes (don't care how sharp cutoff is; the
>reason they have turned on both lights -- other than mistake

There's no way they are being turned on by mistake. These people
couldn't care less about others. They see all the OTHER oncoming
foglights and see their glare, so know full well that they are doing
the same thing. Which nust shows what sort of people they are!

>-- is to increase the amount of light projected in front of the
>vehicle). There is no excuse for this.

Indeed. But such low-mounted lights are of very limited use, as they
cast "solid" shadows from even the smallest irregularities in the
road surface.

Some of these dorks use their fogs INSTEAD of headlights... really
intelligent... others (the majority of offenders) run them in
addition to the headlights. Many are also running drivinglights
illegally 24 hours, wired so that they work with low beam (illegal,
and I don't know how these vehicles pass their 6-monthly
warrant-of-fitness checks); these are mostly pseudooffroaders like
Mitsubishi RVRs, Rav4s and CRVs, fitted with big yellow light pods.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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