Re: IML: Halogen headlights

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem with these new lights is that, even when they're on low they're too bright.  I agree with Klebert.  It's really ridiculous how powerful some of these headlights are.

Mark M

On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Bob Smith wrote:

> Sometimes, a courtesy "flash" to high then back to low will remind discourteous (or forgetful) drivers to dim.? And, if they don't....well, I have my own thoughts about that.
>
> Bob
>
> "Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Quoting Kate Triplett :
> >
> > As I am not having much luck in finding a new home for Lucille, This is
> one
> > of the things I had on my "list" for her. In this dark-winter climate,
> having
> > brighter halogen headlights (or even better than that!) is just plain
> safer.
>
>
> When you do this, I beg you to just replace the high beam units (that's
> what I've done with my '69). I realise that on an empty road, bright
> headlights are a life saver, but in even light traffic I believe the benefit
> is outweighed by the blinding of oncoming drivers. I find that modern lights
> (especially the HID ones and those accursed Xenon units) are bright enough
> to leave afterimages on my retinas - actually, even some modern *brake
> lights* can do this (just what I need, the guy in front of me is stopping,
> and I have to squint).
> A couple years ago, I was driving from Rhode Island to Milwaukee. In the
> wee hours of the morning in northern Ontario (scenic route), on the two lane
> undivided provincial highways, oncoming cars with their high beams on could
> wipe out my night vision from over a mile away, leaving me only able to
> really see the portion of the road directly illuminated by my lights. Sure,
> I could've switched to my brights, but then we'd both be blind. Hitting a
> moose is quite dangerous, but I'd wager not as bad as hitting my 2+ ton car
> at our combined velocity. Sometimes I was reduced to pulling onto the
> shoulder 'till they passed.
> I really hate the headlight-brightness-arms-race the car companies are
> engaged in; I wish we were back on the 2-or-4 sealed beam standard, styling
> be damned.
>
> Sorry for the rant.
> -Kle.
> '69 Crown 4DHT
>
>
>
>
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