Do you drive with your foglights on?
10-27-2017, 06:13 AM
#131
Senior Member
This is ignorant. Turn off the fogs and the ditches out to the side, up to 20 feet no longer light up. That provides plenty of time to start braking. Whoever thinks driving at night with only fogs on is as foolish as the people who think they are blinded by fogs. So many Daniel Stearn wannabe's here......
Now who's ignorant?
If you're relying on your fog lights to avoid deer (or anything else), you're fooling yourself.
10-27-2017, 07:15 AM
#132
Senior Member
Most vehicles are wired to turn off the fog lights when the high beams are turned on. With the effectiveness of most modern headlights it is sometimes difficult to tell if the approaching vehicle has their high beams on or not. Seeing that the vehicle has their fog lights on has saved many a driver from the wrath of my high beam flash. So, run those lights or fear my wrath.
10-27-2017, 07:27 AM
#133
Senior Member
I agree, the fogs won’t help you avoid deer. They just don’t shine far enough ahead. As I’ve gotten older I’m more sensitive to bright light at night. As a rule fogs don’t bother me but on some vehicles they do. I often think it’s due to after market bulbs.
10-27-2017, 08:06 AM
#134
unless you're driving pretty slowly, fogs aren't helping you avoid deer and if you're driving slowly, you don't need fogs to help you avoid deer. I've been dodging them for 30 years on back roads and highways in WI, fairly successfully. Fog lights don't "see" far enough down the road to do me any good.
and as for crappy aftermarkets, fog or otherwise, I wish they'd suspend the license of every person caught with them, or at least make it legal to shoot out their headlights when you see them.
and as for crappy aftermarkets, fog or otherwise, I wish they'd suspend the license of every person caught with them, or at least make it legal to shoot out their headlights when you see them.
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Cuch (10-27-2017)
10-27-2017, 08:41 AM
#135
Senior Member
This is almost as fun as a 3.5L EcoBoost vs 5.0L thread.
10-27-2017, 09:00 AM
#136
Texas A&M Aggie
Man, if fogs with LEDs (or any bulbs) are already blinding everyone we should all just replace our housings with some Rigid spotlight cubes. Might as well have even more light since they're already blinding... 
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Summers22 (10-27-2017)
10-27-2017, 09:23 AM
#138
To those who say they drive with their "fog lights" on so as to provide them the ability or visibility to see deer...please try this...
Next time your driving at night turn your headlights on and place switch into park for lighting. Your "fog lights" will remain on and your headlights will go off.
If you say that the fog lights help you see deer then the deer are about 5 feet from your truck and its pretty much too late anyway.
Try it...
Next time your driving at night turn your headlights on and place switch into park for lighting. Your "fog lights" will remain on and your headlights will go off.
If you say that the fog lights help you see deer then the deer are about 5 feet from your truck and its pretty much too late anyway.
Try it...
Actually I have spent an average of nearly $4,000 a year repairing deer caused damage to our various vehicles. I have tried exactly what you say and think you have not had any serious deer interactions.
Almost ALL deer have erupted from the sides and dashed across in front of me in such a manner that stopping was impossible. When I added the fog lights to the mix, my negative deer interactions dropped measurably. With the fog lights, their approach from the rear side of the front bumper can be noticed. Without that extra help they are invisible until it is too late.
Your deer and mileage may differ
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Summers22 (10-27-2017)
10-27-2017, 10:00 AM
#139
Fog lights provide a low wide beam intended to be used in dense fog, heavy rain or snow. These are situations where water droplets are reflected back to you in the beam of your headlights. Since you should be driving really slow in these conditions the fog lights allow you to better see the road and lane markers just in front of your vehicle. In normal clear conditions you are looking far beyond (at least you should be) the light provided by the fog lights. The only time they are useful in clear weather is as a cornering light when making turns on dark narrow roads since they cast more light to the side of the truck.
10-27-2017, 10:15 AM
#140
Senior Member
Any light directed toward you at night decreases night vision. I boat a lot at night. Boats run without headlights in the dark. They have small nav lights that indicate position and heading, but otherwise rely on night vision in the dark. Add ANY additional lights to the equation and night vision drops off dramatically.
Double the number of lights of an oncoming vehicle on the road and night vision of oncoming drivers will suffer (especially as we age). Regular headlights are bad enough. Add an extra pair of lights and it gets worse for some people.
Your experience with oncoming fog lights isn't representative of everyone else. Your thinking it doesn't make sense, doesn't mean that other people don't have the problem.
If it's legal in your state and you like driving with your fog lights on then, have at it. I find it annoying because I can't see as well, but I'll live.
Double the number of lights of an oncoming vehicle on the road and night vision of oncoming drivers will suffer (especially as we age). Regular headlights are bad enough. Add an extra pair of lights and it gets worse for some people.
Your experience with oncoming fog lights isn't representative of everyone else. Your thinking it doesn't make sense, doesn't mean that other people don't have the problem.
If it's legal in your state and you like driving with your fog lights on then, have at it. I find it annoying because I can't see as well, but I'll live.