RE: Headlights and Foglights at Night

["Adams, Richard" <radams@metasolv.com>]

Never been flashed by oncoming traffic. Been pulled over though. Long
story short in case you missed it before, cop thought I was flashing her
and pulled me over. Try to explain THAT one. She ended up giving me a
warning for no front plate. Rookie.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Bob Tillman [SMTP:btillman@mail.kersur.net]
>Sent:	Monday, December 29, 1997 11:06 AM
>To:	Jeff Newton
>Cc:	gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com; jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject:	Re: Headlights and Foglights at Night
>
>Hi Jeff -
>
>My feeling is that perhaps your fogs are aimed too high.  I'll occasionally
>drive with my fogs on and I've never been "flashed" by oncoming drivers
>(unless I've legitimately forgotten to kill my high beams).  My fogs are
>adjusted so the cut-off is well below oncoming drivers' eyes.  Admittedly,
>it's difficult to see how they're aimed unless you have the Euro-switch
>which enables you to operate the fogs independently of the low beams.
>
>Another dissenting opinion: if I'm not mistaken the Hella dual rounds have
>a very sharp cutoff like most Euro-spec lighting systems (and our factory
>fog lights).  When properly adjusted they should dazzle oncoming drivers
>_less_ than US-spec "fuzzy" cut-off lighting.  I'm going to order some
>Hellas as soon as my profit-sharing check comes in...
>
>My opinion...
>
>Cheers,
>- Bob T.
>  '96 GTI VR6
>
>Jeff Newton wrote:
>
>> I get the same response quite often.  The fogs just look bright I
>> guess.  Can't imagine what its like with the Hella dual rounds.
>
>
>
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