Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:38:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Driving/Fog Lights
Comments: To: Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson@HALHINET.ON.CA>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 09:41 AM 8/10/98 -0400, Lawrence Johnson wrote:
>Dr. Rainer Woitok wrote:
>
>> <snip> Thus use clear glasses to send as much light as your bulb produces
>> into the fog and let the fog filter out the red and blue colors and mainly
>> allow the yellow part of your emitted light come back to you. <snip>
>
>The real problem with driving through fog, is the blinding glare from the
>light reflected back by the fog. Using a light frequency (yellow) which
>penetrates fog, helps. Sorry Rainer, I must disagree. In foggy conditions,
>brighter is not always better.
>
If yellow fog lights are so much better, then why do manufacturers even
offer fog lights with clear lenses? Some Hella fog lights aren't even
available in yellow any more. Every retailer I spoke to said that clear fog
lights were the way to go.

MM
87 syncro w/ clear Hella 500 fog lights