PSA to OK Drivers

[El Pablo]

After I bought my truck it never crossed my mind to do so.

Only adjusted mine on my Jeep.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/this-is-the-biggest-mistake-people-with-lifted-trucks-make/

 

[Snattlerake]

People flash there lights at me when mine are on low . . . and they're not that bright either. I just sit up higher so they're actually hitting them differently I guess.

I'm happy if they actually have their lights on when it starts getting dark . . . and for the life of me . . . I can't figure out why some of the people on my morning commute drive 40 (sometimes slower) in a 50.

That was me too. My work truck was loaded with tools so I never ever had to use my high beams.

 

[1shott]

It depends...

...time was, about all fog lights were yellow, but over the years, they have turned clear. While you might call them "driving lights," I only use them in fog or in rainy conditions so that I can better see the lines at both sides of the traffic lane.

Correct, but what most folks do no know is yellow actually works better in fog, since white light tends to reflect back at the driver as it tends to bounce off the suspended water crystals in the air.

 

[Dumpstick]

While we are at it, let's also complain about the drivers that have to also have their fog lights on as well as the headlights.

I'd bet some of those nincompoops are also on OSA...

...(waiting)

I don’t believe it’s legal to drive with the fog lights on.

I agree. No matter what you call them.

I have a 2007 Class 8 truck. The foglamps will not come on unless the low beams are also on.

Factory foglamps, factory wiring.

If it's foggy, and I need the foglamps, I must have the low beams on also. The fog relay won't energize unless the low beams are on.

 

[TerryMiller]

I have a 2007 Class 8 truck. The foglamps will not come on unless the low beams are also on.

Factory foglamps, factory wiring.

If it's foggy, and I need the foglamps, I must have the low beams on also. The fog relay won't energize unless the low beams are on.

Actually, our 2019 Ford Expedition is equipped the same way. Try to switch to high beams and the fog/driving lights go off.

 

[Bocephus123]

fog lights supposed to be low to the ground that's how they cut the fog they actually get under it fog hovers

 

[Parks 788]

@Parks 788 move further out. Welcome to OK. Hate it, love it, it probably won't change. If you can fix the- move over, fast lane problem now we're talking.
*edit* clarification

Ha! The highbeam problem is happening the worst between Henryetta and McAlester. Pretty far out. My commute is 95 each way so i get a lot of jackwagons coming at me in the mornings. I do like that the speed limit for trailer towing is the same as the rest of the vehicles. Although some trucks and trailers have no business going 80 mph.

 

[Slim Deal]

People flash there lights at me when mine are on low . . . and they're not that bright either. I just sit up higher so they're actually hitting them differently I guess.

I'm happy if they actually have their lights on when it starts getting dark . . . and for the life of me . . . I can't figure out why some of the people on my morning commute drive 40 (sometimes slower) in a 50.

Maybe you should have your headlight beams adjusted so you don't blind the other drivers, just sayin'.

 

[dennishoddy]

Exactly, most people slap those cheap bulbs in the halogen light difuser and blinds every car the pass. They don’t understand the difference in a projector and reflector headlight lense.

The other people that are clueless are the new Silverado drivers that install a leveling kit to lift the front suspension of their half ton truck. Those have the projector lenses that have a distinct cutoff of the light pattern. Well, when they lift the front end, they don’t lower the light pattern and the light cutoff is above the head of the driver of the oncoming traffic.

I flash all those morons with the custom HID projectors in the old JKU.

I loved my Tundra's Headlights. They had a servo that allowed the lights to be lowered if you had a load in the back that caused sagging and the dims to appear as brights to oncoming traffic.

 

[dennishoddy]

My car has automatic hi/low beams. Still getting used to it.

My F-250 has those. Sometimes I want to shut them off as they go off and on quickly between cars on roads with hills, sometimes hanging on too long and I get flashed from the other driver.