Why are car fog lights so important?

Posted by Megan B.
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Sep 10, 2015
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When the weather is too extreme and visibility is impaired, the lighting of your car becomes your dependable companion to take you to your destination, safe and sound.

Quite a number of individuals don’t know how to effectively use their fog lights. It’s believed that when it’s foggy, then you should put on your fog lights. To a large extent, yes, but also when the atmosphere is very reflective and your normal Car Halogen Light Bulbs can be blinding at times like this. Be it a heavy rain, or foggy conditions, your headlight are angled in such a way that it can reflect back to you, creating a near total blackout. This is where the fog lights become important.

They are normally installed lower down the front of a car and cast a wider, but shorter beam. The fact that they are lower down, makes them reflect less of whatever is outside. What most motorists do is put on their dipped headlight lights in addition to fog lights; this is of no use. What I usually recommend is switching your headlight down to marker light, then turn on the fog lights.

Also, the quality of fog lights also makes a big difference to the final lighting effect. In comparison, the Xenon Fog Light Bulbs are much brighter than halogen ones, also the light range of Xenon fog lights is much longer than halogen fog lights. For safety driving concerns, Xenon fog light is undoubtedly a better choice for every driver.

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