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Here in Sweden, all cars are required to always have their lights on when the car is moving/active, regardless of time of day or weather.
I was about to reply that sometimes it is better to not use your high beams in fog, as it is can reduce your visibility.
But then I realized that most places don't have our laws of lights, so I wrote this commwnt instead.
I wish we made lights on mandatory. And also made certain levels of brightness illegal for the regualar lights.
this is fucking hell when every car nowadays has blinding headlights
I strobe people with my LED highbeams when they're shining those offending things at me when it's nowhere near dark out. dim your fucking lights, asshole, there's no need for me to be blinded by a second sun at 3pm
Here people actually tend to dim their lights before blinding others, it is not uncommon to approach the top of a hill and see the light from an oncoming car dim before you see the lights.
High beams during daytime is not really an issue here, I have driven since 2023 (driven a LOT), and have only seen it a few times.
In Canada we are required to have Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) which are less bright and are just on by default, but they don't turn on the tail lights. For the most part, DRLs use the same bulbs as the high beams but at a lower wattage or something (I am not an electrician)
But yes I agree, high beams and fog don't mix.
My DRL are LED while my main headlights and high beams are halogen
Oh weird maybe it's different depending on the vehicle and maybe newer vehicles have separate bulbs. The car that I had where the DRLs and high beams were the same was an '05 Accord.
Austria had a day time lights law when I learned to drive, it just made sense. Then they abolished that law again :(
Which means you do get idiots driving in fog or at dusk with their lights off.
Hell, the automatic lights aren't perfect either on my new car, in bright fog I still have to make sure I turn the lights on manually as otherwise the back lights are turned off (front is okay with the LEDs). Stupid design.