I get flashed all the time, i usually just drive with my hand on the lever on back roads just to show ppl its not the high beams!

 

I get flashed about 5 times a night, but that's mainly because I'm out at dark a lot and driving in the woods so people go from no light to my 4 lights. Then I just flash them back and they explode.

 

I don't want to rock the boat, but if they are fogs, why are you running with them on at all? [&:] The wide light dispersal pattern is that way to help with visibility in...er...fog.
It's not quite, but almost like following some dick with his rear fog light/s on rain or clear weather. You just want to slap him/her ! [:@]

Something I find annoying with my Dodge truck is that the fogs/spots come on by default when you turn running lights on. WTF ?

 

I have my fogs on because my actual lights are tinted.

 

I usually get flashed about 20 times each night on my way home with a 30 min commute.. its getting rediculous, im actually concerned that my lights might not be adjusted properly from the rebuild of my car. ill have to check them out when i get a chance,

 

Serious thoughts. Please read.

As you age, your tolerance for headlight dazzle, glare, or whatever you want to call it decreases. And your recovery time from it increases. If you're lucky, it won't start to happen to you until you're in your mid-50's or so, though it may start sooner. The point I'm trying to make is that not every driver's eyes are as tolerant as are those of many of the people in this particular forum (and most of the people in this thread so far). I'm 60, my Dad was still driving after dark into his mid-80's, and we've discussed this very subject.

The 'count' of bright white lights is one cause, but just one badly aimed light out of two is enough if it's bad enough. I doubt that many drivers are aware that focussing their gaze more toward the side of the road can help - the light itself is a strong attraction even though it's the wrong thing to do. Color temperature is another, though I don't really know if it's the color or the beam control of HIDs that's really the problem - HIDs do tend to cause more of the flashes.

What I'll suggest is that you lower the aim on the fog lights, even if you have to bend something or re-drill a hole or two to do it. When it's foggy out, you want the fogs aimed low anyway.

Youmay then be able totweak your low beams up just a tad, with the right side headlight aimed perhaps a little higher than the left for better shoulder illumination. Getting back to the fogs - now they're back to being useful, as they will illuminate the pavement up close to the car while the lowbeams reach out a little further.

Two of my cars are set up that way, we run with the fogs on whenever the lowbeams are lit, and we almost never get flashed. Granted, the fogs are mounted lower, but a badly aimed bright light is a badly aimed bright light regardless of which bulb is doing it.


Norm

 

Because I can. All four lights on all the time FTW!

 

When I first got my car I got some boobies on the parkway...No joke. Raced some random chicks in an A4 and after I won I pulled back and the 2 girls gave me what I deserved.

 

Good point, Norm.

I stopped running my fogs out of courtesy to other drivers.

 

Norm, I understand what you are saying. But, in my case, when I turn the fog-driving lights on, you can plainly see that they shine down in front of the car and NOT down the roadway. I'd guess they only shine 20-30 feet forward and off to the side a bit illuminating the ditch. That should not be enough to make anybody see stars. Where we live, the snow is *** hole deep to a girraff and all the deer and elk come down out of the mts. and use the roads as highways themselves getting to feeding areas. I need all the lighting I can to avoid them.