Driving lights -operation?

[David Erickson]

Do,

Daytime running lights and driving lights aren't the same thing.

Running lights automatically go off when the headlights are turned on. Kind
of like a headlight modulator on a motorcycle, automatically turning off
when headlights are required. As in after sunset. The Feds have determined
that the bright daytime running lights allow drivers to confuse cars and
motorcycles, so the daytime running lights are on the way out after several
years of lowering the brightness.

I would be very surprised if you could walk into a Big 3 showroom and have a
salesman accurately tell you the operation of the lights in accordance with
Federal law. But I'm sure they could answer the "company spiel" as to how to
use them!

Thus the problem with driving after dark and you can't tell what lights, hi
or lo, are coming at you.

Dave
In Oklahoma
98 Harley Davidson Road Glide, 85,000 miles in five years of fog, rain,
snow
and sunshine!




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I guess it is just how the factory wire things some times. I have a Jeep &
a
Saab that the running lights only come on with the low beams & they were
wired that way from the factory & they are both clear & not fog lights. The

lower lights give you a better lit up road & I don't ever have anyone tip
there
lights at me. The coach only comes on with the high beams & they are clear
&
the air operated swing down.

Don
89 SP 36'
Butler, PA Tommy,

Driving lights are white and, if wired correctly, can only be used with
hi-beams. They should go off automatically when you switch to lo-beams.

Fog lamps, if wired properly, should only work in lo-beam and throw a
yellow
light. Yellow does not reflect from the fog as does white light.

Fog lamps should be mounted as low as possible, driving lights as high as
the law allows. In OK, I think its 44 inches off the ground, your state may
be different.

And lights should be paired, two of each.

Lessons learned from 5 years in England (Can you say FOG?)

Dave
In Oklahoma
98 Harley Davidson Road Glide, 85,000 miles in five years of fog, rain,
snow
and sunshine!

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Kurt,