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Date:         Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:19:08 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
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I prefer to just look at, focus on the right side of the road so only my peripheral vision see's the glare. When the car passes I still have pretty good vision without that "white" spot in the middle of everywhere I focus. Bob Stevens

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:33 AM Subject: Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision

> here is a trick an eye doctor taught me: > > close one eye as an oncoming car approaches, and open it again after the > glare has passed. the temporarily closed eye will remain night adapted. > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:22:56 +1200, Andrew Grebneff > <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: > > >>It was easy to tell the oncoming cars that had the "upgraded" lights > >>because they are still blinding you after they switch to dim and because > >>of the clear difference (in some cases) of the nature of the light > >>beam. However, it was very hard to see the road afterwards and there > >>were several brief periods where I really almost couldn't see the road. > >>I had to brake and really slow down a few times to insure I stayed on > >>the road - waiting for my eyes to readjust. > > > >Those cars probably had one or more of the following: > > > >blue-tinted H4 bulbs in nonQH units > >RHD H4 units > >H4s in US-market lights > >lights misadjusted > > > >A proper LHD H4 unit has a low-beam cutoff and, correctly adjusted, > >will not glare. > > > >All cars here (apart from some 1984-1990 Japanese-market Toyotas) > >have standard H4s. No glare problems, even with 80W low-beams. No way > >would I wany glow-worm US lights! I like to SEE where I'm going. > >-- > >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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