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From: saltiel@cdstar.UUCP (Jack Saltiel)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame
Subject: Re: Halogen headlights -- ARGH!
Message-ID: <145@cdstar.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 11:18:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 11:18:08 1985
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Summary: Shut your eyes and you won't see a thing.

In article <1343@umcp-cs.UUCP>, flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) writes:
> Halogen headlights are obnoxious!  They serve virtually no useful
> purpose, except for sadists who enjoy blinding other drivers!  Well,
> I'm not gonna take it any more!
> 
Halogen headlights are used throught Europe and have been for many
years. They are preferred by drivers due to the excellent night
visibility they provide. However, in this country there is a major
problem with them. The problem is simple: incompetent
installations. MOST headlights are not aimed properly. Since most
state inspections are a joke, they don't get corrected when they
should. In addition, four way adjustable replacable bulb halogen
lamps and illegal here. They make headlight adjustment a snap.
(BTW: the reason they're illegal is because early automakers made
headlights in every conceivable shape. Replacement parts were
impossible to find, and many people went without. So, as a result,
the gov't has said that automakers, of which there are now but a
few, can only use DOT approved headlight designs. That's the same
agency that believed that having a speedometer stop at 85MPH would
slow drivers down.)
-- 
					Jack Saltiel
					Cambridge Digital Systems
					{wjh12,talcott}!cdstar!saltiel

	"Nailed retreads to my feet and prayed for better weather."