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From: gmm@bunker.UUCP (Gregory M. Mandas)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Color of the lights
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 14:43:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 14:43:16 1984
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>Ask any competition shooter what color his glasses are, if he bothers
>to get colored lenses at all.  What color goggles do competition 
>skiers use?  Amber!  Amber lets your eyes see the most definition,
>even at a reduced light level.
>mikey at trsvax

I vote for this explanation. I am a competition shooter and I would
wear amber if I had the bucks for the perscription. I also have a 
set of white fog lamps that do little except put out more light to be
reflected back into my eyes. (Yes they are aimed correctly.) One
reason is that they only work with the main low beams on.

The last time I was in a pea souper (could not see the front of the car)
I turned off the mains and drove with the (amber) parking lights. This
afforded me the most visibility of all the  lighting combinations I had
available.


Greg (Let's shed some more fog on the subject) Mandas