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Why do people drive with fog lights on?

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Why do people drive with fog lights on?

When it's not foggy outside?
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looks cool, and because racecar

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they either don't know any better or just don't care.
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because they can..

I'm wondering why so many are driving with high beams?
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eldiablo wrote: because they can..

I'm wondering why so many are driving with high beams?
Probably so that they can see further and clearer at night.
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EdLeafs wrote: Probably so that they can see further and clearer at night.
And blind oncoming traffic
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Fog lights are not an annoyance to me.

However, the rear bright freaking red fog light is (unless foggy) and driving with highbeams... Stupid drivers.
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younger drivers think it looks cool, middle aged women are oblivious to the fact that they're on, and don't know how/don't care to turn them off.
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eldiablo wrote: because they can..

I'm wondering why so many are driving with high beams?
Usually a Civic or Camry forgetting to turn on their headlights. Those cars have EL dashboards that stay on during daytime, and low-voltage high-beams as DRLs.

Just enough brightness and directed right eye level for it to be fracking annoying.
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First, it's not a cool thing I'm not 15.

Two, I simply just like it.

Three, I just have no issues with it.
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eldiablo wrote: because they can..

I'm wondering why so many are driving with high beams?
This is a problem, also drivers with TAIL LIGHT(S) OUT.

I'm guessing it was accidentally turned on, one of the lights is out so they're it instead or they figure it's HID. LOL
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eldiablo wrote: because they can..

I'm wondering why so many are driving with high beams?
I hate high beam drivers ... I think most of them just don't know the difference between high beam and low beam and think "oh it's dark, let me push this stalk and blind everyone".

Every time I pass a high beamer it's always an old person or an Asian driver. Not being racist, just an observation. I am also Asian btw but don't high beam.
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Obviously the high beam drivers don't care about others on the road. They have to 'me first' attitude. They will learn the lesson the hard way when they get a ticket one day...
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fred2028 wrote: I hate high beam drivers ... I think most of them just don't know the difference between high beam and low beam and think "oh it's dark, let me push this stalk and blind everyone".

Every time I pass a high beamer it's always an old person or an Asian driver. Not being racist, just an observation. I am also Asian btw but don't high beam.
My dad is guilty. everytime I drive his car the high beams are on. I think its cause the civic low beams are a POS. I wouldve changed them, but then I bought my own car so never bothered.... Yes im also asian and I dont use my high beams as regular lights.
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I always see 2006 and newer Civics with highbeams on. My theory is that the way the civic dash is designed - digital speedometer sits much higher just under eyeline and everything else far below - people just dont look further down and see the blue high-beam light on.
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Fog lights are also a show off that your car is of higher trim.
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vik56in wrote: Fog lights are also a show off that your car is of higher trim.
Mine are HID :)

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