Simple Answer Search Engine

That's the idea, you need read no further unless you want to. That's how internet posts should be. You're welcome.

Still want more? Fine, read on. Internet posts are like a party you've been invited to but the exit door should always as open as the entrance door, the booze and whore durvs being right there as you walk in. Make what you came for the first thing you see.

Still reading? I'm honored and will respect your time. I came across the worst case of squidding I've ever seen in my life yesterday, I'll post it after this idea so as to not become a squiddly diddly myself.

I want a yes or no answer, just give me what I want. If I type in "Is it legal to drive with fog lights on when it's not foggy?" Just tell me "Yup" or "Nope". A search engine could do this quite nicely. If it's more complicated than that you can throw an asterisk after it or if it's not a yes or no question it could say "Assumes facts not in evidence" such as the question "Did you stop beating your wife?". At this time it would also place malware on your computer for wasting the search engine's time.

So that's the idea, I'm done, I got to the point. Below is not the idea, it's what happened when I asked the simple question "Is it legal to drive with your fog lights on when it's not foggy?" I'll save you some time, the answer's not there. He quotes a police officer that says he thinks it might be ok, then refers to some research he mis- interpreted but the answer to the question is "Dhunno"

Now reader beware, I suggest you digest the following by looking at how lengthy it is, not reading it. I can boil it down for you, as an answer to the question: "Can you legally drive with fog lamps on when there's no fog." is "Maybe, but then again maybe not".

BEWARE! THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF HORRIBLE SQUIDDING, READER BEWARE! MAY CAUSE INTENSE RAGE!

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Q. I’ve noticed at night a lot of people these days using their fog lights. Is it legal to use them when it’s not foggy?

– Jeff Long, Fullerton

A. I first contacted Kermit regarding an answer for this question, but he kindly pointed out that the reader said “foggy,” not “froggy.” My mistake.

But I did reach the right person when I contacted Darryl Pang, a traffic-unit officer for the Tustin Police Department. “In general, the enforcement of lighting requirements is directed toward preventing a hazardous situation due to an unsafe use of lighting equipment (that) obstructs another driver’s vision, or unlawful actions (that) mislead motorists to misidentify a vehicle so equipped as an emergency vehicle,” Pang wrote.

Pang also conducted some extensive research within the California Vehicle Code, which bears airing.

CVC section 22403(a) specifies the placement and use of fog lamps, which may be used with, but not as a substitute for, head lamps. They must be mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches off of the ground.

Additionally, going overboard in the lighting department can attract a police cruiser like a moth to a flame, as another section of the code restricts the maximum number of forward amps lighted at one time to four. So if you have separate high-beams on, in addition to your two regular driving lights, then the use of fog lamps is strictly verboten.

“I would first want to ensure whether the fog lamps are installed and used as required,” Pang wrote. “If so, then the use of the fog lamps may be permitted as there is no restriction for the use of such lamps to fog conditions alone.”

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