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From: jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens)
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Subject: Car lights - visibility and avoiding accidents
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 17:07:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 17:07:26 1985
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As someone pointed out recently, having your headlights on during the day
does reduce the possibility of being in an accident, as evidenced by
one or more studies done in one or more Scandanavian countries.
Personally, I always use my headlights on sunny days when driving on two
lane highways, because it's damm hard to figure out which direction someone
is travelling under those conditions.

A few years ago, I read (in Road & Track or somewhere) of a study done in
New York City concerning the placement of brakelights.  They used a bunch
of taxis as the test group, and mounted Yamaha motorcycle taillights in the
bottom, center of the back window.  This reduced the number of read-end
colisions by a significant amount.  You may have noticed similar lights on
new GM sedans (Olds, Buick type).

So, lights are good - use 'em.  And remember, they call 'em parking
lights for a reason ...

John