‘Automatic headlights’ don’t work in fog?

[u/clynchy97]

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

[u/T-MO19]

I get flashed all the time with just my lows on in my MK 7.5 GTI

[u/clantontann → u/T-MO19]

I feel for you. I'm guilty of flashing many cars with the new lights and then I feel terrible for it. You can't really tell they're low beams until you're right up on them

[u/T-MO19 → u/clantontann]

Heard that, same reason I don’t flash cars I’m almost certain are blinding me. I’ve also been guilty of forgetting my high beams are on (like anyone else) and feeling horribly bad after it’s too late and I’ve fried their vision for the next couple minutes. But yeah with most cars having brighter blueish lights nowadays it’s a bit harder than when I got my license in 2015 (18yo). Also quite a bit harder to tell if a cop is behind you with the amount of Fords on the road 😂

[u/T-MO19 → u/T-MO19]

Also sometimes the angle of headlight beams if people are going uphill or over a bump/s is tough