<VV> halogen lights

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

The trouble with bright lights is that if you react to them by thinking 
'look at that *sshole* with the bright lights - I am going to get lights 
even brighter than them', we just end up in a lighting war where everyone 
gets dazzled - a bit like the arms race!

Personally, I am always staggered by how easy it is to drive a car with 
really, really rubbish headlights (my Corvair then) as long as there are no 
ambient light sources, and no bright lights coming the other way.

We don't actually need that much light to be able to see at night. What we 
need is for that ambient level of light not to change much, so that our eyes 
don't need to keep adapting. So the less bright everyone's lights (and the 
background lighting) are, the better it is for all of us. It would help if 
we all banned BMWs, Mercedeses and Audis, for a start - every time one comes 
towards me I am totally dazzled, whatever I am driving.

Cheers

Alan



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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> halogen lights


> Now I WOULD like a pair of asphalt-melting off-road aux lights on my
> everyday driver. I'd blast every one of those morons who assult oncoming
> traffic with their aux lights. Flashing the hi-beams (my only available
> lights) just doesn't get the message across.....
>
> -Mark
> "bright light, bright light!" - from the movie "Gremlins"
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> halogen lights
>>
>> Admittedly, I am nutz about this stuff. All of our cars have upgraded
>> lighting. All of them. All have overwattage bulbs, one has E code sealed
> beam
>> replacements (best lights we have), and one, after some searching, have E
> code
>> composite headlights. Certain cars have different lights abroad than
> here, so, I
>> swapped them. For later GM cars, look for 'export headlights'. The ones
> for
>> the  Corvette C5s are not only amazing, they're less than $100 a pair!
> And they
>> make  them for the Caprices, and most of their cars. Right in the parts
> book!
>>
>> Agreed, if you don't drive at night, what's the point? Otherwise, I like
> to
>> light 'em up like a rally car!
>>
>
>
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