Date:         Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:22:42 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
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>Are the lights adjustable ?

Yes, 3 screw-adjusters.

>Everybody around here drives with foglights on when there isn't fog,
>which is sometimes almost as bad as high beams.

Amen!

>You might also see if a diffuser lens instead of a clear spot lens
>(don't know which the SA have)
>If the smaller lights had lens similar too the larger ones, perhaps
>it would glare the other drivers. Something that has a low/high beam
>might be nice.

As someone else has said, the lens cannot be used to identify the
type of light. Clear does not mean pencilbeam; ribbed does not mean
wide beam. And never did.

>I use a boat horn. When they yell at you or try to confront you ,
>blasting the horn makes them back off. The horn of authority. I'm
>always amazed how rude drivers never honk back when I use the boat
>horn.

I gotta get me one of those! Two!