Date:         Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:18:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Paul Archibald <androbus@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Paul Archibald <androbus@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
In-Reply-To:  <IBEHJNFLBPPPFNJGNHDJMEKHCJAA.skjeflo@attbi.com>
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--- Mark Sheflo <skjeflo@ATTBI.COM> wrote:
> Chris,
>         Seems to me that if these are a true driving
> light then they are the
> equivalent of a high beam light, if not even more
> powerful and should only
> be used when your high beams would normally be on.
> (Flame suit on!)
>
>   Also you must remember that the Vanagon lamps are
> placed much higher than
> most vehicles.  When you are following someone, even if
> the lights are
> adjusted correctly, your lights will seem
> brighter/misadjusted to them as it
> will fill their mirrors with light.
I have to aggree here. I don't believe in ANY STATE you are
legally allowed to run with driving lights when other
traffic is around!!!!!!!!!! like teh aircraft above 1000ft
in populated areas, and 500 in non populated....there are
laws there....I don't always aggree with them, but...I
don't want to deal with the psycho's with guns that
disaggree either...

EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!not in fog, not in smog, not
whith ham, sam I am....(sorry was reminiscing reading teh
books to ex step-kids....)

Check your local laws, but I bet I am right!
My Discovery is nicknamed The Light Brigade for reasons
that can ve guessed(yes, used to run with about ~1000watts
front light power if needed You do NOT want to imagine
that...I am now running with the stock lights only with
80/60 bulbs? If I EVER turned on the other lights on the
highway I would have been slapped with such a fine here in
Kalifornia! the minimum fine is in teh hundreds of i
recall...

Now ther is a big box of misc lights in the garage....may
go back on between all rovers in the future, but not all at
once again....
....so nowadays? I just run with my hi-beams on...Yeah! an
ass-hole in some eyes, but with an airhead vanagon, they
are baely better than my old '68 bug...

Duck-n-cover! flame-suit on!  ;-)
Paul


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