I prefer to just look at, focus on the right side of the road so only my
peripheral vision see's the glare. When the car passes I still have pretty
good vision without that "white" spot in the middle of everywhere I focus.
Bob Stevens

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 3:33 AM
Subject: Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision

> here is a trick an eye doctor taught me:
>
> close one eye as an oncoming car approaches, and open it again after the
> glare has passed. the temporarily closed eye will remain night adapted.
>
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:22:56 +1200, Andrew Grebneff
> <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote:
>
> >>It was easy to tell the oncoming cars that had the "upgraded" lights
> >>because they are still blinding you after they switch to dim and because
> >>of the clear difference (in some cases) of the nature of the light
> >>beam.  However, it was very hard to see the road afterwards and there
> >>were several brief periods where I really almost couldn't see the road.
> >>I had to brake and really slow down a few times to insure I stayed on
> >>the road - waiting for my eyes to readjust.
> >
> >Those cars probably had one or more of the following:
> >
> >blue-tinted H4 bulbs in nonQH units
> >RHD H4 units
> >H4s in US-market lights
> >lights misadjusted
> >
> >A proper LHD H4 unit has a low-beam cutoff and, correctly adjusted,
> >will not glare.
> >
> >All cars here (apart from some 1984-1990 Japanese-market Toyotas)
> >have standard H4s. No glare problems, even with 80W low-beams. No way
> >would I wany glow-worm US lights! I like to SEE where I'm going.
> >--
> >Andrew Grebneff
> >Dunedin, New Zealand
> >64 (3) 473-8863
> ><andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> >Fossil preparator
> >Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
>