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Subject:Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:13:46 +1200

>here is a trick an eye doctor taught me:
>
>close one eye as an oncoming car approaches,

During which time you don't have binocular vision, have no sense of
distance, cannot really tell what direction the oncoming car is going
in and cannot avoid him if he crosses into your lane, or the road
bends slightly and you fail to see this... BANG

>and open it again after the
>glare has passed. the temporarily closed eye will remain night adapted.

So wear sunglasses for night driving. Polarizing lenses are of no
benefit, as the glare is not polarized light.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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