Date:         Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:24:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: SA grills available again
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com>
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Fog lights mounted that high do nothing in fog except blind you. The idea is
to get light below the level of your eye with the reflection off the fog.

Anyone who would flash that much light at an oncoming car is asking for a
cross over head on as the other driver is blinded and can no longer make
intelligent decisions as to where he is on the road.  Especially with the
fog lights, however modified that highly placed on your car.

tim foglightless in san jose

On 12/21/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
> For US highways, yes, it's national, but as I said, not all
> jurisdictions bother to enforce it. For example, some states
> (Maryland) might only enforce it once...when the car is sold. If you
> add lights later, they won't bother you usually. On my old VW Super
> Beetle (1971) I mounted the foglights on top of the turn signals
> (which were on top of the fenders). An unusual placement, but the
> state troopers never bothered me about it. I made other modifications
> to those lights, so they weren't foglights anymore. There were more
> general illumination lights (helped make night time driveways seem
> like day light work areas.) When folks were driving around with their
> highbeams on, I'd flash them with my normal headlights. If that
> didn't get them to turn off their highbeams I hit them with my
> "fogs". I can't think of anytime that didn't work.
>
> Off-road (BLM lands in the west for sure, and probably most National
> Forests) those regulations don't apply.
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Tom Buese wrote:
>
> > I haven't had any inspection problems here in Utah, but is the 4
> > light limit a national thing?
>



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