When you go to buy a car, do you check your car to see if it has fog lights?
Whether fog lights are useful and how effective they are is a question that has actually been discussed for many years.
I'm talking about front fog lights, not rear fog lights, because our country's regulations on car safety are clearly stipulated.
Passenger cars under 6 meters must be equipped with one or more fog lights.
And where is the only fog light installed? It is installed at the back of the car, so you will find that many cars only have one rear fog light.
Because the regulations stipulate that as long as there is a fog light, you can go on the road.
So in this case, do you think the car company will install fog lights on your entire car?
So the first thing to be canceled must be the front fog lights. So why are the front fog lights cancelled? Is it just for cost considerations? You will know after I analyze it with you.
The function of fog lights
Since fog lights are used in rainy and foggy weather, they are installed relatively low.
Because of its brightness, it is relatively bright. The yellow light on my car is a fog light.
But many cars now no longer have this yellow light, and are replaced by light strips of various shapes.
It’s the daytime running lights we see, but can those LED lights really replace fog lights?
First of all, fog lamps emit yellow light. In terms of light transmission, this yellow light has a relatively low color temperature.
Light that is white has a relatively high color temperature. The higher the color temperature, the whiter the light. At this time, it looks particularly bright at night.
But it has a drawback, its penetration will become very poor.
Because once you have a foggy day, you will see a very white light. If you shine it out, you will not find anything but a vast expanse of white.
That kind of yellowish light can penetrate the rain and fog, and then reflect back to you, allowing you to see the road ahead.
So this is the original intention of the fog light design. In addition, it also has a second meaning.
The front fog lamp can also act as your position light to a certain extent in rainy and foggy weather.
Because of its light, its penetrating ability is relatively good, so if you drive forward.
Pedestrians and cars on both sides in front of you can use fog lights to enhance the recognition of your vehicle's presence to a certain extent.
But today's daytime running lights, who's daytime running lights have this kind of yellow light with a relatively low color temperature, which is very white and bright.
This kind of light is indeed very recognizable and beautiful when the weather is good.
But once it is in rainy and foggy weather, its recognition will become poor, and its penetrating ability will also be relatively poor.
Therefore, it is actually unrealistic to use daytime running lights to completely replace the function of fog lights.
Reasons for canceling fog lights
1. Car companies reduce costs
So why was it canceled when it couldn’t be replaced? The first thing that must be mentioned is the cost issue.
Because these two light groups combined are halogen, plus the light bowl inside, it requires a hole under the front bumper.
The cost of opening the holes, plus the cost of the light set, is actually higher than the cost of an LED light bar.
The car company has done a very good job in calculating this, so this is the first very hard-hitting reason, which is really to save costs.
2. In order to look good and be recognizable
Nowadays, new cars basically have LED daytime running lights.
And the daytime running lights are very cool, especially the daytime running lights of some cars. If the shape is special, you can know whose car it is from a long distance.
Therefore, in order to show one's own identity, the single-shaped fog lamps were canceled and replaced with LED lamps. This not only improves the style and improves recognition, but also saves costs. Why not do it.
3. Styling for beauty and convenience
The third issue is aesthetics. In addition to a halogen bulb inside, the fog lamp lamp set also needs a lamp housing.
The most important thing is that it requires a long luminous net. If there is no luminous net, it needs to be solved with a lens.
In other words, fog lights take up more space and are more complex.
So if you want to create more shapes in this large space, it will be relatively more difficult.
After canceling it and replacing it with LED lights, it can create many beautiful shapes.
Especially now, new energy vehicles do not need as many air intake holes as fuel vehicles. They can seal everything underneath.
Then leave only a few long lights, or leave a long light on top. In this case, there is only one big light hole and a long light, which looks really generous and tall.
Therefore, fog lights have become a very useless thing. In addition, I ask you, how many of you know how to turn on fog lights, and how many of you have turned on fog lights.
80% of drivers can't even find the fog light switch, and they don't know where to turn it on.
Since the frequency of use is so low and there is no mandatory requirement for a lamp, why should the manufacturer install it?
Why not make it an LED daytime running light, which not only looks good but also saves costs? Why not?
Summarize
So this is the fundamental reason. The manufacturer saves costs, you think it looks good, and after it is finally produced, everyone thinks it is not harmful.
The key is that even if I give it to you, you won’t use it, so that’s the result.
Finally, after listening to the analysis given by Brother Miao, you all understand why there are basically few cars nowadays and no longer retain fog lamps.
Because this is a thankless task for the manufacturer, why should he do it, right?
