QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Feb 9 2009, 05:42 PM)
By law, in CA, and likely many other states, you cannot have your fog lights illuminated when the high beams are on. I'm pretty sure Oregon is one of those "many other states". There's a reason for this: You're supposed to use your fog lights when there's fog (that may be why why they're called "fog lights"), and high beams are the WRONG thing to have on in the fog. You end up with monster glare off the water particles that make up the fog. Now, when there's NO FOG, you want to use your high beams when driving in dark places where there's no oncoming or preceding traffic to be dazzled by your high beams. In this case, you don't want your fog lights on because the illumination directly in front of your car actually "desensitizes" your eyes, and you see less well down the road where you would normally benefit from the use of your high beams. BTW, I'm NOT making this up. There are plenty of places where you can verify what I say. Just not in "tuner" magazines and websites. And don't ask those insensitive, inconsiderate, and ignorant a*sholes who drive around in their SUVs and BMWs with everything lit up to show how important they are. BTW, it's also illegal to drive with only your parking lights illuminated. Maybe that's why they call them "parking lights".
The Cap'n
I know all about the 'law'. I have gotten 2 tickets for driving with auxilary / fog lights on when conditions didn't call for them to be on. One was when I still lived in San Jose and the other when I lived in Atascadero (down near you). I 'm going to use the fog lights as my day / running lights because the teener hardly ever is out after dark due to the deer that roam around up here. I'm sure Oregon has the same laws as Cali but I've always broken the rules as rules are made to be broken. It's a moving violation with a point or 2 on your record but oh well, I'll pay it in order to do what I want. It's really no different than people who raise there trucks 6 feet off the ground and not re-direct there headlights and I'm pretty sure it's against the law to go over the speed limit but it happens!