Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!mazlack
From: mazlack@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Headlights during the day.
Message-ID: <13891@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Mon, 19-May-86 16:28:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.13891
Posted: Mon May 19 16:28:52 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 23-May-86 05:51:51 EDT
References: <234@axiom.UUCP> <453@vaxwaller.UUCP> <175@fai.UUCP> <496@watmum.UUCP>
Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Reply-To: mazlack@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 21

>>>I hope you are aware that certain vehicles such as motorcycles come
>>>from the manufacturer with headlights on whenever the engine is
>>>running.
>>
>>Yes, this is true.  Yet another Silly Law Our Government Has Seen Fit
>>To Thrust Upon Us.
>
>This is ***NOT*** a silly law. I have come close to killing people
>riding bikes with the headlight off. Not on purpose, but simply
>because they were for all practical purposes invisible. ....

Agreed.  It really helps your visibility.  I have been riding bikes
for over years and many places - Alaska, all of Europe, most of central
asia (Turkey, Iran, Afganistan, etc) and I believe completely.  The
only ill effects are that some generators/alternators are not robust
enough and it hurts when starting with marginal batteries. (I run a
BMW 1000cc bike and they have really crummy batteries - good for about
18 months.)

Larry Mazlack  mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu