Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site cdstar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!wjh12!cdstar!saltiel 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 Article-I.D.: cdstar.145 Posted: Fri Aug 23 11:18:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 03:01:34 EDT References: <1343@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Cambridge Digital Systems, Inc. Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.auto:7837 net.flame:11676 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."