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<blockquote data-quote="Pete Appleton" data-source="post: 2484" data-attributes="member: 145"><p><strong>Dazzling lights</strong></p><p></p><p>John is right to be concerned about the risks of headlights dazzling on-coming traffic. </p><p>We run a car M.O.T test station and around 30% of the cars we test fail because of incorrectly aligned headlamps or because someone has fitted the bulb upside down and got the 'cut off' in totally the wrong place.</p><p> The best way to set up your lights is to drive up to your garage door and check that your beam pattern has a flat top and a 'kick up' to the nearside not the offside. Next wheel the bike backwards about 4 feet, whilst sitting on it, the top of the beam pattern should drop about 1 - 2 inches.</p><p>A 35W HID bulb gives a good light and when adjusted correctly is nowhere near as offensive as a badly adjusted 100W halogen which many people use.</p><p>I will continue to use my HID lamp and when you come the other way with your 40W miller and tinted specs you might not see me but I will at least see you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>By the way have you seen what ROSPA and the highway code say about tinted glasses ? :- "Tinted lenses reduce the amount of light available to the eye and therefore information to the brain. As such they are not recommended for driving at night or in conditions of poor visibility. Advertisements for the use of such glasses as aids to night driving or driving in fog are deplored as they are both inaccurate and misleading. The Highway Code advises against their use"</p><p></p><p>See also :-</p><p><a href="http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/driving/eyesight.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/driving/eyesight.htm</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069855" target="_blank">http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069855</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.specsavers.co.uk/cgi-bin/strudwick.sh/s?langid=1&pfmt=1&siteid=39&pname=eyecare/night.html" target="_blank">http://www.specsavers.co.uk/cgi-bin/strudwick.sh/s?langid=1&pfmt=1&siteid=39&pname=eyecare/night.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.laramyk.com/learn/night_driving.html" target="_blank">http://www.laramyk.com/learn/night_driving.html</a></p><p></p><p>( This is written to be constructive and not just to wind you up )</p><p></p><p>Pete</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete Appleton, post: 2484, member: 145"] [b]Dazzling lights[/b] John is right to be concerned about the risks of headlights dazzling on-coming traffic. We run a car M.O.T test station and around 30% of the cars we test fail because of incorrectly aligned headlamps or because someone has fitted the bulb upside down and got the 'cut off' in totally the wrong place. The best way to set up your lights is to drive up to your garage door and check that your beam pattern has a flat top and a 'kick up' to the nearside not the offside. Next wheel the bike backwards about 4 feet, whilst sitting on it, the top of the beam pattern should drop about 1 - 2 inches. A 35W HID bulb gives a good light and when adjusted correctly is nowhere near as offensive as a badly adjusted 100W halogen which many people use. I will continue to use my HID lamp and when you come the other way with your 40W miller and tinted specs you might not see me but I will at least see you :p By the way have you seen what ROSPA and the highway code say about tinted glasses ? :- "Tinted lenses reduce the amount of light available to the eye and therefore information to the brain. As such they are not recommended for driving at night or in conditions of poor visibility. Advertisements for the use of such glasses as aids to night driving or driving in fog are deplored as they are both inaccurate and misleading. The Highway Code advises against their use" See also :- [url]http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/driving/eyesight.htm[/url] [url]http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069855[/url] [url]http://www.specsavers.co.uk/cgi-bin/strudwick.sh/s?langid=1&pfmt=1&siteid=39&pname=eyecare/night.html[/url] [url]http://www.laramyk.com/learn/night_driving.html[/url] ( This is written to be constructive and not just to wind you up ) Pete [/QUOTE]
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