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by toast0 168 days ago
> Also, anyone driving in the city with their high-beams or fog lights on should be ticketed at an increasing rate.

At least in my neck of the woods, it seems like lighting enforcement has gone from slim to none. I regularly see vehicles with only one of three brake lights functioning... and sometimes I've seen the same vehicle with the same lighting issue for several months.

If there's no enforcement on vehicle lighting from behind, there's definitely not going to be much on the front lighting, because an officer would need to see the lighting, turn around and give chase. Well, that or inspections, but the vast majority doesn't want inspections because they cost money.

All that said, what's the problem with fog lights? They're not actually useful, but they don't present a safety hazard and it's always fun to wonder how long a car has had one fog light out, and if they'll figure out how to turn the fog lights off before the other one burns out.