>I recall reading in Car & Driver a few years back
>(even before the whiz-bang retina-searing HID
>headlights) that when you found yourself hit by some
>clown with his brights on or just plain outta-whack
>lights, close one eye until you're past him. That way
>only one eye gets temporarily blinded, and you still
>have the other one to drive with while the first one
>recovers.
>
>Let's hear it for redundant-systems bio-optics!

Hmmm... when one pupil is stopped-down (the one exposed to blinding
light) and the other is wide open, it feels as though they aren't
focusing... it's uncomfortable and potentially distracting.

Try it some time at home at night and see for yourself.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut