Re: fog lights

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>]

At 08:23 PM 3/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>do it without care for oncoming drivers.  Why?  Because they can legally
>>use them in the states.  I'm just saying that I think it's annoying...fog
>
>Not in Maine. As of last fall, it is illegal to use any "auxilliary light"
>- including original-equipment fogs, in other than inclement weather, and
>regardless, they must be extinguished when meeting oncoming traffic. I was
>stopped one night and "educated" (no ticket). Thank heavens the Audi
>(unlike my old Eclipse) has a light to remind me the fogs are on.

Wonder how that works with out of state tags and Fed DOT approved auxiliary
low beams like my Hella XLs...

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