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High beams should be used only when there is no oncoming traffic, fog, snow or heavy rain. The reason for oncoming traffic is obvious - you don't want your lights to cause glare or vision problems for the oncoming drivers.

But the reasons for using low beam in fog, snow and heavy rain is because when your lights are on low beam, they are directed downward toward the road, and not directed towards the distance, which enables you to see the road better in poor visibility conditions.

Many drivers think low beam is a "dimming" of the lights, but it's actually more of a 'pointing downward' of the beam. So when your lights are in low beam, it gives you greater vision in poor driving conditions by training the lights downward on the road instead of towards the distance.

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