Out of curiosity, I looked up what my state law says about headlight restrictions. I think it's pretty standard. Outside of the whole "blinding motorists" and such, which I am not getting into, I would imagine this standard is why mini does it the way it does. When your normal lights are on, you have the option of turning on your fogs (aux lights). When you turn your high beams on, you cannot turn on your fogs, yet you have the option of turning on your driving lights (aux). So technically the Driving Lights become the aux fog lights under that scenario. So technically I guess it's legal. You would just need to verify the fc of the driving lights. I would recommend a covered filament light so the front of the lamp is not directly shining out of the light, instead it is reflected on the reflector mirror and spread out. That is the basic difference between old-school high beam and low beam headlights.

Automobile Headlight Regulations

• Nevada law states that all vehicles, with the exception of motorcycles and mopeds, must have at least two headlights with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle. Each headlight cannot be more than 54 inches off the ground (snow removal vehicles are the exception) and cannot be less than 24 inches off the ground. Trucks, buses and trailers that are 80 inches wide or more must have extra clearance lamps in amber color on the front of the vehicle.
  
  

Additional Headlight Regulations

• Nevada law also allows vehicle operators to utilize no more than two auxiliary passing lamps, provided they are mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height between 24 and 42 inches. A vehicle may also have two fog lamps on the front of the vehicle mounted at a height between 12 and 30 inches, as long as none of the high-beam portion of the left light projects no more than 4 inches above the center of the lamp at a distance of 25 feet. Even though all these lights may be allowed on a vehicle, Nevada state law requires that no more than four such auxiliary lights may be lit at one time if any of the lamps are capable of projecting a beam of 300 candlepower or more.
  
  

 

+1, including the related one mocking those who express concern about illegal and excessive lighting.

 

We are Americans. So everything is excessive.

 

 

Look at all those lights. Wow.

 

I wonder what candlepower these are when on.

 

Hey Mods .... I think this thread has lost its usefulness
time to lock it up

 

When was it usefull?

 

I stand corrected

 

For argument's sake, have friend blind you for 'like 2 seconds' while you're driving 60mph. That's 88 fps x2 = 184 feet. That's a long way. Food for thought.