2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (08/31/84)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh =>> Its truly amazing in that above a certain, fairly low point, =>> there is almost no light. Admittedly, the good headlights put =>> out more light, but most of it is focused exactly where it should =>> be, assuming they were installed properly. That is all fine and dandy if you live in Kansas, but when you have hills and curves, that rush of bright light that hits you at the crests of hills and on left curves is a bit unnerving. I have driven over 15,000 miles in Europe with these "fantastic" European headlamps and could find no real advantages to them. And the above disadvantage is real. Another annoyance is the use of running lights. They are like fog lamps except they are used any time of the day in any kind of weather and are never aimed at the road, but are more commonly aimed at oncoming cars. It is a real challenge to stay on the road when they are coming. If they get behind you at night you have to let them pass or get another car between you and them. Usually in Europe they leave them covered on the highways, but here in the States these people that talk about "good headlights" unleash them any place and would complain if they had to spend a couple dollars to mount them someplace rigid rather than on a bumper, and had to get them aligned.