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Date:         Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:13:46 +1200
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: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2003091405355192@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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>here is a trick an eye doctor taught me: > >close one eye as an oncoming car approaches,

During which time you don't have binocular vision, have no sense of distance, cannot really tell what direction the oncoming car is going in and cannot avoid him if he crosses into your lane, or the road bends slightly and you fail to see this... BANG

>and open it again after the >glare has passed. the temporarily closed eye will remain night adapted.

So wear sunglasses for night driving. Polarizing lenses are of no benefit, as the glare is not polarized light. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut


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