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- From: mikesteg@syclone.detroit.sgi.com (Mike Stegbauer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
- Subject: Re: Headlights and driving lights
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.144819.15362@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 14:48:19 GMT
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- In article <bob1.727649295@cos>, bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
- |> In <1jkqoqINNe2u@mojo.eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
- |>
- |> >In article <bob1.727557964@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
- |>
- |> >>Didn't work. While your tactic is OK when they are coming at you,
- |> >>what do you do when they are in the lane beside you? I use my side
- |> >>mirrors, but they don't have a night setting :-(.
- |>
- |> >You could try using your side mirrors in 'assault' mode-- set them to
- |> >reflect the high beams right back at the offender. Doesn't work at
- |> >all with convex mirrors, though.
-
- I find that the supplied visor mirror works well for vehicles behind me... and I can always
- get in front of them... it seems that if done properly, I can cause a vehicle to stay back
- an extra 50 or 100 feet.
-
- |>
- |> Tried that but the motorized mirrors on my Probe will not swing far
- |> enough. I did think about a remote control on the hatchback and a
- |> light seeking .50 cal machine gun, but that's probably illegal.
-
- Yeah, but who's going to pull you over?
-
- I was toying with the idea of a low power light seeking laser. I don't think it would
- be very difficult, it would probably scare the hell out of those people, but it would
- probably get tickets too.
-
- Any serious interest?
- Make that a light seeking low power laser.
-
- |>
- |> >--
- |> >Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu
- |> >Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
- |> >Just say NO to police searches and seizures. Make them use force.
- |> >(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
- |>
- |> I wonder if the insurance statistics would show an increase in night
- |> time accidents since these new *stylist dictated* weird headlights
- |> started appearing. It is rather obvious that many of them are poorly
- |> designed (Ford and Honda, are you listening?), and also do a poor
- |> job of lighting the road ahead. I would be willing to bet the
- |> numbers would show a pronounced increase.
- |>
- |> Bob
-