Re: blue headlights?

["scott miller" <macatawa@hotmail.com>]

>Personally, I'm not yet convinced.  While I'm happy that Euros are
>preferable to DoTs (beam cutoff) I think the beam cutoff on the HIDs
>is _too_ sharp.  When a vehicle coming the other way with HID lights
>hits a bump, the lights seem to flash as if the driver hit the highs
>for a fraction of a second.  I find it disturbing.

Disturbing, but much less dangerous.  It takes some time to bleach out 
the photosensitive chemical in your eyes, rhodopsin.  Smaller bulbs with 
poor cutoff give you a prolonged dose of less light, with a greater net 
effect on your night vision.  A well focused beam puts the light where 
you want it, not at fellow motorists or into fog and snow above the hood 
line.  Blue spectrum carries more energy for bleaching, dazzling, 
scattering, and annoying. >:(

Scott
'90 200tqw

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