driving/fog light use

I also dislike those new headlights that give off a blue colored light. I HATE those floodlights they use in construction zones at night.Seems like they aim the lights right at you.

 

I used to have an S-10 with a set of Hella E-code H4 headlamps with stock 55/60 watt bulbs, Hella yellow fogs with stock 55 watt bulbs and Hella driving lights with high performance 100 watt bulbs. One time on a dark road out in the boonies there was a ####### parked on a bridge shining his high beams at oncoming cars. When I came up on him, he turned on his high beams and I hit the driving light switch and turned on my brights. Needless to say my combined 320 watts of custom forward lighting beat his 130 watts of stock forward lighting

 

THOSE flood lights need to be outlawed. thats for sure.

 

Well, I don't see as well at night.
I also try to keep my driving during the daylight hours.

Sometimes I get stuck with some night driving.

And I'm really sorry if having my fogs on bothers some people. Personally, other trucks fog lights don't bother me.
But I understand that some eyes are more sensitive to light than others.

Thanks to the person that posted a pic of the adjusting screw. I'll check it out.
If I can adjust them, and if they work well enough, I'll avoid using the fogs.

I didn't have this problem in the Cascadia or ProStar I had. The headlights were much better with those.

 

I used to love doing that to jerks.

But my car had a set of 7" amber spot beams, rated at 1 million CP with 100W bulbs.
They would, very brightly, light up a stretch of road for at least 2 miles.
Woe be to the sucker that wouldn't turn off their brights after my first two warnings with my own lowly 'brights'.

 

Leaving your fogs on in the clear is rude, as is running driving lights in traffic or on a busy highway at night. But, on a rural 2-lane where a lot of times the only indicator of the road edge is where the grass begins, the fogs may very well keep you out of the ditch. Also, because of the wide beam dispersal, they're more likely to catch a deer/moose/elk's eyes a few yards off the road. Fog lights with a proper fog pattern and aimed correctly, do improve visibility somewhat in fog, but ultimately you've just gotta slow down. Of course, on many/most fleet trucks, the low mounted fogs come in for quite a bit of banging and are rarely aimed properly (Swift/Prime, I'm looking at you here...especially the Volvos and Cascadias).

That being said, my truck ('13 Prostar) has neither, but the regular headlights are quite good, from the driver's seat. Can't speak to how they appear from the oncoming direction.

 

What he said>

 

Here is some info,,,,,

http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/HeadlightGlareBrochure.pdf




that may be of intrest.

 

Well here's another thought. In the many miles I put on a Volvo, I learned the headlights were weak. At night when being passed by other vehicles, their headlights were so bright and powerful, as they should be, that I could literally flash my headlights when our front ends were lined up and not even be able to tell that I flashed mine. Some trucks just have weak lights but still they were sufficient enough for me to drive as long as the road was dry. Tire chunks would be under my truck before I could flinch but the problem wasn't my eyesight. My current Peterbilt has better lighting but still even those headlights are nothing compared to my F-150.

I'm not advocating the use of fog lights to supplement poor headlights because that's not what they are for. I'm just saying that some vehicles have poor headlights.