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From: howard@sfsup.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Headlights during the day.
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 16:37:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 21 16:37:30 1986
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> >>
> >>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

I was browsing through the New Jersey State Motorcycle Operator Manual
and it states that use of a headlight during the day can increase a
rider's visibility up to one and one-half times (1.5X). I find that
a significant increase. In fact I would use a headlight modulator
on to of that (a past discussion on net.cycle) and would think that
would increase the visibility to 2X.

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