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Aardwolf wrote:
> 
> Your Bud Wes wrote:
> > Hrm. Fog lights are _usually_ yellow. Very few places in CA get a lot of
> > fog. Most the "fog" lights are actually what the europeans call "driving"
> > lights. You should be familiar with these, Don. These lights are not yellow.
> > Adjusted correctly as not to blind other drivers, all they do is widen
> > your field of view in the dark and make you easier to see.
> 
> No these are clear fog lights called "driving lights" by muddled advertising.
> "driving lights" are extra-bright "pencil beams" that shine brighter,
> farther down the road than brights, for use on very dark roads, or at high
> speeds.  Since they are obviously even more blinding than brights they also
> should never be used in traffic.  

Actually, I think Wes is right. Those low mounted "driving lights" are
usually adjusted so that they would never shine onto incoming traffic;
that's why their beams are so tight and are mounted so low; the distance
at which the field of the beam rises more than a foot or so above the
road is far enough that they don't shine any more than regular driving
lights. What often happens, though, is that most of these lights are not
properly aligned to start with (the are few regulations that specify how
to aim them properly). That's the main reason why they're so annoying.
After I got mine aligned, I never got "blinked" by oncoming traffic
again. I still don't use them much, unless the road requires it.

Daniel