Re: Red dash gone

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Michael Williams wrote:

> Matt Martinsen decided to speak these words:
>
> >Red dash lights preserving night vision?  Hmmm... What color are your
> >headlights?
>
> I dont know what this means, but white light destroys the chemicals in
> your eyes that build up in the darkness to adapt for the lower level of
> light.  Any exposure to white light will destroy those chemicals...
>
> Dont you know what happens when you look into the headlights of oncoming
> cars?  YOu are blind for a few seconds until your eye generates more of
> those chemicals....

Michael is right, unless the entire US Army is wrong. It is a proven fact
that red light is the least disruptive to night vision. All US military
vehicles use red gage lighting, to preserve night vision. Your headlights
are pointing away from you, so they don't affect "your" night vision. You
look "at" your gages, so white light glaring back at you "would" affect
your night vision. As Michael stated, other vehicle's headlights tend to
leave you slightly blind, especially if you look right at them.

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