That's because we want our cars to reflect our sunny dispositions!
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Fox <dafox1@hotmail.com>
To: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>;
sandhoff@csus.edu <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Fog lights
>Gee, In CA I guess by calling them by three different name you could
>actually install three sets of after-market lamps. Thata should light up
>the road :>)
>
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>Blue Skies & Calm Waters,
>DAFox [SRL311-04646]
>Oviedo, Florida
>dafox1@hotmail.com
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>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
>Reply-To: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
>To: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Fog lights
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:29:41 -0700
>
>
>
>John F Sandhoff wrote:
>
> > [snip] can you turn off the
> > headlights without turning off the fog lamps?[snip]
> >
>
>In California, at least, you won't want to - it's illegal to drive with
>auxiliary lights
>(fog or driving lamps) on if your headlamps aren't on, in fact, driving
>lamps are only
>allowed to be used in conjunction with high beam. To quote the Vehicle
Code:
>
> "24402. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two
>auxiliary driving
>lamps
> mounted on the front at a height of not less than 16 inches nor
>more than 42
>inches. Driving lamps
> are lamps designed for supplementing the upper beam from
>headlamps and may not
>be lighted with
> the lower beam.
>
> (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed
two
>auxiliary
>passing lamps mounted
> on the front at a height of not less than 24 inches nor more
>than 42 inches.
>Passing lamps are lamps
> designed for supplementing the lower beam from headlamps and
may
>also be
>lighted with the
> upper beam.
>
>24403. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two foglamps
>which may be
> used with, but shall not be used in substitution of, headlamps.
>Fog lamps shall
>be mounted on the
> front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30
>inches and so
>aimed that when the
> vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the
>light to the
>left of the center of the
> vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher
than
>a level of
>four inches below the level
> of the center of the lamp from which it comes. "
>
>If the auxiliary lamps you install on your Roadster can or will be used
when
>low beams are
>on, call them passing lamps, I guess. I couldn't find a set of definitions
>of what
>constitutes an auxiliary driving lamp, a passing lamp or a fog lamp.
>
>Gary McCormick
>San José, CA
>
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