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From: daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame
Subject: Re: Halogen headlights -- ARGH!
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 11:54:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 11:54:11 1985
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> > Halogen headlights are obnoxious!  They serve virtually no useful
> > purpose, except for sadists who enjoy blinding other drivers!

> There is no reason (other than a desire to be a public SOB) for a driver
> to equip his car with headlights that destroy the night vision of any
> driver who has the misfortune to encounter him.  There are laws
> covering the use and misuse of ordinary high beams -- there should be
> comparable laws governing the misuse of Halogen headlights.  In fact, I
> would favor the complete BANNING of these nuisances.

	Apparently you run across a lot of misaligned headlights.
You probably pass a lot of halogens that are correctly aligned and
don't know that they are halogens. If correctly aligned, halogens are
not a problem. Misaligned non-halogens are a problem, too.


					Doug Williams
					AT&T Bell Labs
					Reading, PA
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