> >How about city lights? What is a city light? It's a European-type parking >>lamp, a small 5W bulb sticks through a grommet in the lamp's reflector into > >I thought European city lights were for use at night in the city, where >adequate street lighting made headlamps unnecessary. You turn on the 'city >lights' to keep from blinding oncoming traffic with your headlamps, yet >people can easily spot your car because the headlights are glowing. Once >out of the street lights you turn your regular headlights back on. > >Could I be wrong? These lights are NOT bright enough to see on lit city streets. These lights are common outside Europe, you know, and lots of them here. Most nights I'll see one or more cars with parking lights on at night, and they are far too dim to see clearly. You'd certainly be up for a ticket here if a cop saw you. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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