This morning proved to be quite the nightmare thanks to rain over the weekend, but what is more baffling than the lack of driving ability of most commuters, is the clearly unintelligent way they use their headlights.
I always learned that due to the make-up of fog, shining a bright light directly into the thick grey entity only makes it harder for you to actually see because your light is reflected off of it and back at you. Did you learn that too? Okay, just checking. I also learned that there are two little lights at the bottom of your car which have their own little switch... Have you seen that switch? It's the one you look at daily and say "what is this for?" and you still haven't figured it out. Those are called fog lights.
Logically speaking, which I don't ever do, if you have lights specifically designed for foggy situations (*giggle*) then why wouldn't you use them? Maybe because you're a little on the incomplete side when it comes to common sense? Shining your high beams in fog is about as effective as banging your head against a brick wall; pointless, painful and produces no results. However, it is extremely annoying for drivers, such as myself, to come around a bend in the fog seeing lights shining across the road at a high wattage because the person a quarter mile away is trying to will the fog away with high beams.
In all honesty, fog lights were made specifically to point downward at the road so that you can see directly in front of you. This isn't a horror movie where some weird fog takes over a town and starts eating people, it's real life, and in real life YOU USE YOUR FOG LIGHTS.
If it seems like i'm being impatient, well that's because I am. But, it just seems to me if you want to use your vehicle to its fullest capacity one must realize what purpose each part serves. I've now educated you, be free and go forth to educate the world!
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