Rear fog LIGHT, or LIGHTS?

[Ti Kan]

Tom Nas writes:
> Amen. Two foglights are incredibly annoying.

Agreed.

> >The rear foglight bulb serves two purposes; in Europe, where the
> >system is common, people recognize it as a rear fog light, people
> >only use it in limited visibility, etc.  They just happened to decide
> >that the light would go on the side where the driver is.
> 
> Here, they switch it on in a fog and then just forget about it for the next 
> two weeks. If foglights irritate you, don't drive in Holland in the winter. 
> Now what was that annoying light on the dash for again? Of course, you'd 
> have to actually _look_ at the dash in order to see that indicator light...

The benefit of that integrated headlight/foglight switch is that when
you turn off the headlights, you automatically turn off the fogs too,
so the scenario you describe cannot happen.  On my '01 S4, with the
front and rear fog light pushbuttons on the center console, there is a
built-in electronic interlock that turns off the fogs when you turn off
the headlights or the ignition.

-Ti
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