[rec.autos] Fog Lights

lewisd@homxc.UUCP (David Lewis) (12/19/87)

In article <17119@topaz.rutgers.edu>, rinehart@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark J. Rinehart) writes:
> In article <387@morningdew.BBN.COM> eli@lf-server-2.BBN.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
> 
> > >I'd be willing to bet that there are many more cars on the roads with
> > >improperly adjusted headlights than there are with foglights on. I
> > >never hear you fools complain about that.
> > 
> > 	i'd be willing to bet that this statement is entirely irrelevant.
> > 
> > 	start a new topic, if it interests you, mark -- it's not that tough.
> 
> Sorry bucko if you don't like foglights. It would seem that maybe you
> ought to recognize your own limitations and stay off the road so those
> of us who know how to drive and cope can do so without hassles. Of
> course, you are probably the one I swear at all the time for making
> left turns from right lanes, drive with your brake lights on all the
> time, drive 55 in the left lane, etc...... 
> 
> I'll bet you're not as much of an asshole as you'd like people to 
> believe. Nobody is *that* big an asshole. 8-}
> 
> Mark

The little '8-}' does just about nothing toward making me think that
you're 'just kidding.' How about addressing the original issue and
making an effort to avoid attacking people instead of their ideas?

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David B. Lewis    {ihnp4,allegra,ulysses,rutgers!mtune}!homxc!lewisd
201-615-5306 EDT

smb@houxj.UUCP (S. M. Bachir) (12/19/87)

Summary: According to the 1979 edition of the NJ Driver's Handbook, it was,
	 at least at that time (things do change), against the law in this
	 state to drive with foglights without fog present.

> > >I'd be willing to bet that there are many more cars on the roads with
> > >improperly adjusted headlights than there are with foglights on. I
> > >never hear you fools complain about that.
> > 
> 
> Sorry bucko if you don't like foglights. It would seem that maybe you
> ought to recognize your own limitations and stay off the road so those
> of us who know how to drive and cope can do so without hassles. Of
> course, you are probably the one I swear at all the time for making
> left turns from right lanes, drive with your brake lights on all the
> time, drive 55 in the left lane, etc...... 
>