>That is exactly correct, at least it was when I lived in Paris quite a few
>years ago.  Most of the city streets are well lighted, and there's enough
>traffic that the headlights wouldn't do much anyway.  Eliminating the glare
>makes city driving much easier.  Of course headlights are allowed on darker
>side streets.

Try this in NZ and the first cop who spots you will nail you. These lights
are NOT bright enough to be clearly visible to other drivers unless it's
pitch-dark; with street lighting they're drowned out. I see people who
drive with them at night occasionally. Some twits turn them on in daytime
fog; oncoming cars can't see them until way too late (headlights needed
here too).

A lot of idiots keep their foglights on; many used cars imported from Japan
have yellow or white halogen fogs, and these morons think they are
acceptable to use as low beams. Might as well have high beam on, as they
are directed forward, not down, and have no upper beam cutoff. I give these
bright characters a good long stab of my own high beams.

Andrew Grebneff
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fax 64 (3) 479-7527
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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