High Beams: How Do They Work?

"macanamera" (macanamera) 10/28/2015 at 17:47 • Filed to: None

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1. Be behind Mac in bumper to bumper traffic

2. Make sure your headlights are on maximum overblast

3. Keep them that way for an hour

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 17:49

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I usually turn my rear fog light on to annoy them back.

StingrayJake > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 17:56

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Sometimes I wonder if certain vehicles just have especially bright low beams and if height is a factor. It always seems to be lifted pickups and big SUVs that bother me the most. Maybe it’s just the people that drive them.

Cherry_man1 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/28/2015 at 17:56

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wtf are rear fog lights?

HammerheadFistpunch > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/28/2015 at 17:56

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Not a US thing, sadly. I usually just adjust my side mirrors so its headed right back at them.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/28/2015 at 17:57

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My favorite trick to get tailgaters to back off

and 100 more > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/28/2015 at 17:59

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Here in Communist Amerika, rear fog lights are illegal. :(

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > HammerheadFistpunch 10/28/2015 at 18:00

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Not true, some of us have them!

jariten1781 > Cherry_man1 10/28/2015 at 18:00

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Ever followed a German car looked like part of the right rear running light was out?

That’s the owner leaving his rear fog on like an idiot.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > and 100 more 10/28/2015 at 18:00

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Not sure that’s true, Audis have them

and 100 more > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 18:01

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Nighttime falls on Austin, TX:

70% of drivers turn on lights.

20% of drivers don’t fucking bother.

10% of drivers leave high-beams on at all fucking times.

and 100 more > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/28/2015 at 18:04

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I thought about Audi Allroads as soon as I posted that... I was hoping nobody else would remember.

I can see that was futile.

RazoE > Cherry_man1 10/28/2015 at 18:09

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foglights for the rear.....they’re red and bright.

Nick > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 18:11

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All i could think about reading your headline

macanamera > and 100 more 10/28/2015 at 18:12

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That's not true my Range Rover had them.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > and 100 more 10/28/2015 at 18:12

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We’ve had five Audis, three of which were from that era.

Not bloody likely.

jkm7680 > HammerheadFistpunch 10/28/2015 at 18:14

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I too have rear fogs.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cherry_man1 10/28/2015 at 18:26

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Super bright red light on the back of the car, they’re a requirement in the UK I believe.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > and 100 more 10/28/2015 at 18:26

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Sad face.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > HammerheadFistpunch 10/28/2015 at 18:27

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Ah yes I forgot most US cars dont have them.

and 100 more > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 18:30

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I just did some reading up on US regs regarding rear fog lamps... there is no federal statute against them at all. I am a dumbass.

CKeffer > and 100 more 10/28/2015 at 18:31

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Not true, MINI’s have them as an option

Spaceball-Two > jkm7680 10/28/2015 at 18:32

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Me too!

duurtlang > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/28/2015 at 18:34

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They’re mandatory in many (maybe all) places in Europe. It’s the reason grey market imports have one of those silly aftermarket things installed.

and 100 more > CKeffer 10/28/2015 at 18:49

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Aaaaand I’m wrong again, lol!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > duurtlang 10/28/2015 at 18:52

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Ah yes those things that you always see with rusted brackets hanging off the back of old japanese cars.

thebigbossyboss > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 19:00

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I really hate those people. Highbeams in the city = moron.

Urambo Tauro > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 19:30

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“Huh, another weird dash light to ignore...”

DasWauto > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 19:55

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I keep thinking I need to install on of those bro-truck LED lightbars in the back window to retaliate. “you want to blind me, eh?” *click* “Who is your god now?”

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > HammerheadFistpunch 10/28/2015 at 19:58

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All the Volvos have em!

jvirgs drives a Subaru > macanamera 10/28/2015 at 21:05

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I hate the assholes that use their highbeams 24/7. I want to commit murder went they do it in the rain.

Rico > DasWauto 10/28/2015 at 21:23

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That’s actually a pretty great idea for tailgaters now that I think of it! Shit if I had a truck I would do that, I would flip it on and off like a flash from a camera and just blind the shit out of them.

DasWauto > Rico 10/28/2015 at 21:27

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Legality is questionable but please do and report back.

Cherry_man1 > jariten1781 10/28/2015 at 23:03

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nope never seen this

Arben72 > macanamera 10/29/2015 at 00:43

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Your Mercedes should have them too. Twist the knob all the way to the right and pull out.

jariten1781 > Cherry_man1 10/29/2015 at 07:33

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Look for it for a bit, I’m sure you’ll run into some. I saw 3 people with theirs on just on the way into work today: Land Rover (two, in the bumper); E-class/Allroad (both had a single one left side integrated into the brake light). Granted I have a horrendous commute and see hundreds of cars daily so YMMV.

Also, they don’t light up super bright like some of these other folks are implying...they’re about the same brightness as activated brake lights. This can actually get kinda confusing with Volvos since a lot of them have dual ones integrated into the brake lights so it looks like they’re always braking but their CHMSL is out. When they actually brake it lights up two additional lights in the brake light enclosures and the CHMSL. Also, when the newer Volvos do the safety panic auto brake thing the rear fogs strobe which is interesting.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Cherry_man1 10/29/2015 at 08:55

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What they sound like. Here’s my car normally:

And with The fog light on:

You can see where tailgaters might get annoyed.

CKeffer > and 100 more 10/29/2015 at 09:49

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It’s all good, to be fairl US regs on a lot of things are screwey as hell and make no damned sense.

wafflesnfalafel > macanamera 11/01/2015 at 13:47

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the dude was probably intoxipated.. (But I do still think those little bro truck LED lightbars are cool - whichever way they are pointed.) I believe it’s the color that is the issue with those - no blue or green typically allowed. Thought the statues are at the state level.