r/Cartalk • u/clynchy97 • 16d ago

‘Automatic headlights’ don’t work in fog? Safety Question

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About 40-50% of the cars we passed on the road today had no headlights on or only had the dim side lights. Do automatic lights not work in fog for these modern cars? Seems super sketchy

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u/HanzG 16d ago

That's pretty standard all throughout North America. Same rule up here in Ontario. Cop or heavy traffic ahead, either way slow down.

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u/0ut0fBoundsException 16d ago

Or deer. Or turn your GD high beams off

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u/clantontann 16d ago

Seriously. I moved to the FL panhandle and I've never seen so many drivers that regularly commute with high beams on. You flash yours at them and they seem oblivious to it. But with the new LED headlamps, they're so damn bright I'm apprehensive about flashing mine because they could just be their standard low beams. They probably get as pissed at getting flashed by others that I get being driven toward with high beams on.

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u/AdA4b5gof4st3r 16d ago

Fuck em. If I can’t see then they can’t either. We’ll see who’s a better blind driver.

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u/clantontann 15d ago

Like jousting with headlamps.