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Fog lights ?

When do they work and when don't they?

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When do they work and when don't they?
Maybe you could be more ambiguous?
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They usually work in fog but not so well in bright sunlight...
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they work when they're turned on, unless conditions aren't right - in which cast they are either irrelevant or a hazard.

does that answer?

seriously, only use your fog lights in foggy conditions, and then do not use your high beams. If it is really bad, don't even use your headlights at normal.

If you use them in clear conditions, you'll piss off oncoming drivers.

the idea is the fog lights are positioned so low they do not reflect from the fog back into your eyes.
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When do they work and when don't they?
In order for them to work, you must be traveling at speeds lower than 670,616,629 mph (~186,000 miles per second).
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I should have known I would get smarty ansewers from a bunch of smarties......I know what the concept of fog lights are..... I guess I should have asked: do they function like all other OEM fog lights on most of the new cars in the USA today

Are they totaly independant ( can you turn them on all the time) or they are only on with the low beam head lights?

I remember early this year some posted they did not work at all due to a computer problem.
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At least in my car, you can turn them on any time your headlights are turned on.
You should've expect a response like this from such a nebulous question.
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/// Are they totaly independant ( can you turn them on all the time) or they are only on with the low beam head lights? ///
You must at least have the park-ees "on" before you can switch on the fog-ees

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