>
> 'S what the truck people call -- no lie -- "conspicuity tape!"  Google
> conspicuity, which apparently has become a word in the last ten years or so,
> and you'll find lots of sources for the stuff.
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>

  Conspicuity!  Hmm, sounds like a lower intestinal problem...

  Actually, I wouldn't do that to my Van because I value it's
'inconspicuity' too much, especially when I am traveling and camping.  I
tend to find informal campsites along my routes, sites that I depend on not
being noticed as one way to assure I am not bothered.  I love my dull
"poop-brown" paint as it blends in most everywhere and I don't get so
many..."Hey Lookie, Ma, there's someone camped  out there, must be a good
place, let's camp there too"    That happened to us in Baja all too
often...We would search long and hard to find a nice deserted peice of
beach, set up camp only to have a couple of gringos camp right nearby
immediatly...even when there was 5 empty miles of that particular beach to
choose from and thousands of miles of empty Baja...We once even had some
people ask us if they could tie their tent guys onto our Alaskan...with all
seriousness...

 I tend to try to find difficult to access spots but sometimes I just tuck
in at the back of a parking lot somewhere along the roads for a quick
overnight and a bunch of reflecting tape would draw unwelcome eyes.  When
pulled into a forest service dirt road I don't want a stray headlight from a
passing car on the highway or someone cruising around on an adjacent road to
get a flash from my 'reflectors' because people are such 'herd animals' and
they tend to cozy-up and that bugs me..

  I find my roof mounted Unity police spotlight to be really handy for
finding great overnight campsites..I can get good light on roads without
actually having to point the headlights there..We often slow up while on the
highway very late and use that spotlight (when there is no oncoming traffic,
of course) to pick up side roads as we approach...

  I am looking to brighten up my vehicle lights, both tail lights and my
parking light/turn signals in front.  I've noticed on one turn I make often
that vehicles waiting to see what I am going to do often miss my turn
signals flashing until I am pretty close...

  Don Hanson