Rant #4 for the day

at around evening time on Monday, the 30th of October 2006 by Chad

I Hate Blind People.

No, not real blind people. But the idjits that drive around at night with driving lights turned on with normal driving.
From PIAA:

What is the difference between a fog light & a driving light?
Fog lights provide illumination forward of the vehicle that enhances visibility in fog, rain, snow, or dust. Fog lights are intended to be used in conjunction with standard headlamp low beams. Driving lights are mounted to provide illumination forward of the vehicle and intended to supplement the high beam of a standard headlamp system. It is not intended for use alone or with the low beam of a standard headlamp system.

From Hella:

What is the difference between fog lamps and driving lamps?
Driving Lamps project a long, narrower beam of light, in a variety of beam patterns, designed to provide vision at a greater distance. Fog Lamps provide a low, wide pattern of light, designed to shine below the haze created by fog, rain, and snow, reducing glare and improving visibility significantly in inclement weather. Driving lamps are typically used in conjunction with your high-beam headlamps; fog lamps are typically used in conjunction with your low-beam headlamps.

More reading explains just whats wrong with you:

In clear conditions, more foreground light is not a good thing, it’s a bad thing. Some foreground light is necessary so you can use your peripheral vision to see where you are relative to the road edges, the lane markings and that pothole 10 feet in front of your left wheels. But foreground light is far less safety-critical than light cast well down the road into the distance, because at any significant speed (much above 30 mph), what’s in the foreground is too close for you to do much about. If you increase the foreground light, your pupils react to the bright, wide pool of light by constricting, which in turn substantially reduces your distance visionâ€”especially since there’s no increase in down-the-road distance light to go along with the increased foreground light. It’s insidious, because high levels of foreground light give the illusion, the subjective impression, of comfort and security and “good lighting”.

But heck, what do they know about this? I mean, these people are just out to sell you lighting.

As part of this, who the hell thinks its a good idea to have streetlights every 30 feet going down the road? The power company thats who…