In Reply to: High beams, literally, Saana88 [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:34:44

Believe me you really should try a trip to Russia to start loving your local trucks and other staff. I will try to catch some photos (but I'm sure my Olympus will have some... 'distortion' cause of overload, see below) of our roads and road life. You say it's illegal to have a baseball hat hanging on your rear mirror. Here most of drivers from those 'Heights' and 'Springs' don't give a f$ck if there's any hat hanging on his rear mirror or whether there's any oncoming traffic when he drives with high-beam turned on. How many cars are there on your roads having aftermarket HID lights installed? Here it's every 3rd or 4th. I think you know how does it light like when there is a HID bulb inserted into old halogen projector.

So if you'd like to minimize the risk of being dazzled then...
The main idea is that our eye has a finite dynamic range. I mean if we take a backlighting as a zero-point then we can perceive a finite amount of light and not get dazzled. So you're to maintain your own lenses in good shape (goods bulbs, clear lenses and good reflector). Then in order not to decrease 'signal-to-noise' ratio (actually vision and acoustics are about the same nature) then you're to replace your windshield once it gets sand-blasted. Bad windshield decreases contrast and leads to unability to read road markings as well as traffic signs and small objects (it's like playing a videogame with decreased resolution). And beams from oncoming traffic look enlarged.

And... switch back to low-beam once you notice oncoming traffic approaching. This will give you a chance to expect that guy to do the same.

Zig

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• Hey, brownie. red LED followup, Austin Underwood, Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:55:41
  • cool, nice job, brownie, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:27:18
    • Re: cool, nice job, Austin Underwood, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:32:53
  • Nice but quite non-ergonomic (+), Siegfried, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 05:43:31
    • Zig - ever try the blue VW lighting?, Paul Bob, Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:42:00
      • Re: Zig - ever try the blue VW lighting?, tluzader, Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:01:23
      • Have you seen their ad of Golf 5? (+), Siegfried, Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:56:34
    • High beams, literally, Saana88 , Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:34:44
      • I can post some theory here if you want (+), Siegfried, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:00:28 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: Nice but quite non-ergonomic (+), Austin Underwood, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:00:03
      • You'd better try different green or white backlighing, Siegfried, Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:39:35

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