> FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY! TURN ON YOUR
> FRIGGIN LIGHTS WHEN IT'S FOGGY!
Actually, there's a very good reason to keep your lights off - depending on the amount of fog in the air, keeping your lights on can significantly lessen your visibility. The light reflects off of the moisture in the air and bounces back into your eyes, resulting in the fog appearing more opaque than it otherwise would.
That's why some cars (ie. mine) have "fog lights" - they are mounted lower, underneath where most of the fog sites - so that the road is somewhat lit without shining back into your eyes.
Posted by Jeff at November 10, 2004 02:25 AMYeah, you can see the reflection of light big time if you turn your brights on at night when it's foggy outside.
However, people SHOULD turn their lights on in the day time, especially when it's this foggy. As far as I'm concerned, leaving lights on might make fog more "opaque", but that's whey people should slow the hell down. I'd rather be 10 minutes late for work because I had to drive 40 down the highway, than have some poor joe slam into my car because he couldn't see me coming until the last minute! Nearly all the accidents that happened the other day were because drivers didn't have lights on and couldn't be seen until too late.
Posted by Zoso at November 10, 2004 07:22 AM