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Re: Night blindness tip

To: Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Subject: Re: Night blindness tip
From: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:00:49 +0100
I believe that the use of high mounted lights in traffic is illegal in the UK...

Cheers
Tim
Nolan Penney wrote:

> It may be more of a problem on the Yank side of the pond.
> I've got a late model myself, with the dipping day/night mirror,
> and still get lots of reflection off it, due to the Spitfire being
> so low to the ground.
>
> Now it may be more of an American problem in that we
> have those stupid DOT headlights that are designed to
> blind other drivers, as well as trucks and such with very
> high mounted headlights.
>
>

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