Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:06:59 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: Reflectors on back of van
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I was once pulled over in my Chevy van for the reverse lights being on while
driving (the neutral switch was misaligned). The deputy told my that the
only 'white light' that was allowed to be visible from the rear of the
vehicle was the one for the license plate. He said they caused people to
think they were about to get in a head-on and start flying all over the
place to avoid it.
He let me go with a 'warning' when I jiggled the shifter and they went out,
and I fixed it the next day.
This was in Cali, btw. So I wonder if there are different standards for
trucks and autos and what they might be, etc.
The thing that I hate on semis is the trailers with the chrome diamond-plate
effect on the rear doors. Those things will blind you quick when you're
heading east on I-40 in the afternoon- it's like having a couple hundred
little mirrors on the back of the truck. I can't for the life of me imagine
why somebody thought that was a good idea or why it isn't illegal yet, but
it's gonna get somebody killed if it hasn't already.
Cya,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Reflectors on back of van
> Tabe,
>
> I've done design work for trucking fleets who call these features
> "worry bars." They're designed to keep the brights out of the trucker's
> mirrors and to discourage tailgating.
>
> I suspect they are legal in all 50 states, or the firm I was working
> for wouldn't have been using them for 20 years.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2005, at 7:00 PM, tabe johnson wrote:
>
>> Since I was out taking pictures just now, I thought
>> I'd do two: one without the flash, showing how
>> our reflectors don't show up hardly at all, and one
>> with, simulating a car's headlights.
>>
>> (We discussed this a couple of weeks ago. There are
>> questions as to the legality of using _white_ reflectors
>> on the back.)
>>
>> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/rearnoflash.jpg
>> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/rearwithflash.jpg
>>
>> tabe johnsson/87 westy
>>
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