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Date:         Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:32:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: DRL's and daytime
Comments: To: James Wagner <wagner01@EROLS.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 1:00 PM 9/18/98, James Wagner wrote:
>What about the color a car has been painted?  Before making expensive and
>energy wasting attempts to solve the problem of low visibility, surely the
>color of vehicles should be considered.  Paint all cars white or some bright
>color and that would probably be more than sufficient to treat the problem.


        Quick thoughts yield quick solutions which are of necessity
        not very well thought through:


        White is  particularly invisible  in fog and snow.






      OLTECO                         Ari Ollikainen
      P.O. BOX 3688                  Networking Technology and Architecture
      Stanford, CA                   Ari@OLTECO.com
      94309-3688                     415.517.3519
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