Fog Lights On a Clear Night

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Pintlehook, Mar 11, 2016.

  1. Final Drive

    Final Drive Road Train Member

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    And felons :)
     
  2. S M D

    S M D Road Train Member

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    Ill have to agree with this. Haahh
     
  3. Yves kanevil

    Yves kanevil Medium Load Member

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    I have led headlights as well as 6 led spot lights mostly for off road use. Hid , led or regular sealed beam lights don't bother me but When I see freight haulers with more than two headlights coming towards me at night on the highways I personally enjoy lighting up my 4 factory headlights and six off road lights to give them a taste of how it feels to be blind. If you can't follow the yellow line with two headlights them maybe it's time to get a desk job
     
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  4. racemaxx24

    racemaxx24 Heavy Load Member

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    My Freightshaker doesn't have fogs but considering the LED heads get me brightflashed at least once a night I don't imagine they'd necessary.

    (The Trucklite LED heads are 200% bad to the bone FYI.)

    I was following a guy through BFE Wyoming and he had some of those KC style lights mounted to his bambee basher. I would definitely have some mounted myself if I frequently ran the area. He did dim them as soon as oncoming lights were visible for those concerned.
     
  5. striker

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    Depend on what we are calling fog lights. Traditionally, fog lights are yellow or amber, clear lenses are considered road lamps. Mine are clear, anytime my headlights are on, they are on. BUT, mine are also aimed as low as possible to fill in the gap between my low beams and the road. My headlights are adjusted correctly, but there is a dead spot to them, also, my right road lamp is slightly angled out from the left to catch the road side. Recently, had it not been for that road lamp, I would not have seen a doe and her baby that started to dart out. Because they were down in the bar pit, my low beam went over top of them, but the road lamp caught Mama's eye reflection as she started to bolt, I hit the horns and she turned back.

    As for the light bars, it's like the guys that run the round off-road lights, mostly bullracks. In most states, they are illegal to run on the highway, depending on the mood of the cop, they will nail for it. Years back I had 4 sets of KC's, uncovered on my pickup, local cop pulled me over, made me cover them or he would cite me for "Intent to Blind". Now they call it "Improper lighting"
     
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  6. crb

    crb Road Train Member

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    I just click my high beams on in your mirror and a 700 lumen flashlight. Course I doubt you use your mirrors.
     
  7. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Sorry, but the low mounted fog lights won't blind you.
    If I were blinded by them from oncoming traffic I would reconsider how I use them. But they don't bother me at all.
    But some low beams do. The ones that have been replaced with much brighter bulbs. They look like high beams, although they are low.

    I used to have 'special' lights as well, on my car.
    A pair of Marchall 8" amber spot beams.
    100,000 candle power each, with a range of over a mile. In fog they looked like yellow phasers.
    Anyone that left their high beams on after I flashed my regular lights a couple times got the full blast of all six of my lights.
    (My regular lights were not stock sealed beams, either. They were European code headlights, and the brights had 100W bulbs.)

    But I ALWAYS gave them a chance to dim their lights before I blasted them.
     
  8. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    I used to have a Chevy S10 with Hella H4 headlamps with stock 55/60 watt bulbs, Hella H3 driving lights with upgraded 100 watt bulbs and Hella yellow fogs with stock 55 watt H3 bulbs. Lit up the road pretty good and I always won a high beam flash war.
     
  9. Espressolane

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    Just theory, they are afraid of the dark.
     
  10. S M D

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    Dont waste your time focusing too hard to blind me might end up rear ending me. But window tint too dark. High beams dont bug me what so ever coming towards me or behind me. Its nice check pic below.
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