Re: Red Dash Gone?

[capalmer@baynetworks.com (Chris Palmer)]

> 
> That SUCKS!  Consumer Reports was the only frigin' magazine that didn't bash
> the Audi's red illumination, and this is the end result.  That stinks.  The
> red was not only distinctive, but it's amongst the BEST illumination colors
> for protecting night vision!  Military aircraft manufacturers have used RED
> illumination for years for just that reason.  Once again, fashion for the
> masses is going to kill another excellent design.

Yes, the red lighting is great for me at night.
BUT, at dawn and dusk the instruments become totally unreadable
for me, due to minor red/green colour blindness. For people
with full red/green colour blindness the red-lit instruments
are unreadable at night also. This is in some cases just a pain
(risk of speeding tickets etc.) and in other cases a real
safety problem (distraction due to fiddling the illumination
to try and read something, anything, on the speedo/tach.).

regards,
-- 
Chris Palmer (1995.5 S6 Avant)         "Ashes to ashes,
Sustaining IBM/Switched Protocols       dust to dust,
capalmer@baynetworks.com                if Lillee don't get you,
                                        Thommo must."