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Article #1889Re: Outrageous Headlights ...I got the message
From: John R Cambron
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00
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Matt Julian Swan wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, John R Cambron wrote: > > > > > ---Halogen headlamps---There not out of adjustment there just to damm > > bright > > I will Not put them on my 86 Blaser or any other car that I have owned. > > To > > this day I do'nt under stand how they became leagle. I have no use for > > them > > and no one else should, if you ca'nt see the road with low beam you have > > no > > bussness on the road at night. Hell I see cars on the road with a full > > moon > > and thes fools are running with high beams on, I can see the road fine > > with > > lights off. You do'nt have to light up the countryside to see were your > > going. > > All you need to see is just the road 300 ft in front of you at any > > speed. > > > > John R Cambron > > > "Leagle" huh? Try: "legal" > "under stand" huh? Try: "understand" > "ca'nt" huh? Try: "can't" > "do'nt" huh? Try: "don't" > "were your going" huh? Try: "where you're going" > Mate... You really know how to spell. :-) > > By the way, in Australia, fog lights are only allowed to be used where > conditions require them. That is, you can get booked for using them when > there is no fog around. > > It also makes sense that you need to see further in front of you at > higher speeds. A normal 60/55W high/low globe is fine for driving at > 100kph, whereas 140/100W globes are only just acceptable if you are going > to do high speed interstate runs in the middle of the night... (Not that > anyone would do that of course...) :-) OK I got the message... I can see very fine at night thank you with my sealed beam head lights. What I'am tring to say is you don't need enough light to read the number on the renewal sticker on the car in front of you. All you need is enough light to see the road in front of you. -- John R Cambron North Beach MD USA I add USA after all this is the world wide web.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,965af7b8ade2284e X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 108659,965af7b8ade2284e X-Google-Attributes: gid108659,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,965af7b8ade2284e X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public From: John R Cambron <pfairla@chesapeake.net> Subject: Re: Outrageous Headlights ...I got the message Date: 1997/02/20 Message-ID: <330D33AD.35F2@chesapeake.net> X-Deja-AN: 220296962 References: <33066ADE.69AE@jps.net> <33091DD4.1776@mail.drsystems.com> <Pine.OSF.3.91.970220001215.20760J-100000@bud.cc.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Posted via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: connie@mail.drsystems.com Newsgroups: dc.driving,ca.driving,aus.cars X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I)