Car headlights ON for Friday's State Funeral

June 9, 2004 | ricer1

[ricer1]

Honor Mr. Ronald Reagan with your car headlights ON for Friday.

[ricer1]

And don't forget that next Monday is FLAG DAY!

According to my calendar on that day, there will be a "National Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance, 7pm. EDT.". (Calendar supplied by my congressman, Ralph Hall R-Rockwall, Texas).

[Constitution Day]

I have a "Reagan in 1980" button that I'm wearing on Friday.

[nuconvert]

Good idea.
Thanks

[nuconvert]

Think of it as a safety precaution for other drivers. If you see a car with it's brights on during the day, assume it's an elderly driver and get out of the way.

[Kaslin]

I don't see no reason to have your headlights on during the day unless it is raining or snowing and you have to use your windshield wipers, which btw is the law here in Tennessee.

I do agree however to have them on this Friday

[muawiyah]

In the heart of a motorcyclist hope springs eternal.

In the meantime folks still run them down as though they never saw them ~ lights or not!

[Hanging Chad]

Since I always drive everyday with my headlights on,
then I guess Friday, I will have to drive with them off,
so that I can properly honor President Reagan.

[muawiyah]

I'm simply relying on the research that went into WWII aircraft camouflage. It was discovered that any airplane would seem to disappear into the bright sky during the day if it had lights on the wings turned on.

On the other hand, any aircraft without such lights would contrast sufficiently with the sky to be seen as a dark object from many miles away.

You get exactly the same effect with an approaching car at the top of a hill or rise. If you'd bother to watch you'd notice that if the car has it's lights on you didn't notice it until it came down the hill far enough to contrast with the highway. If it didn't have it's lights on you would see it at the top, long before you decided to pass that 18 wheeler chugging along in front of you.

It's not a case of "logic" ~ it's a case of contrast, and sometimes it's counterintuitive. Folks who are "blue blind" have absolutely no problem understanding what's going on. Folks with full color vision think that "brightness" is all there is involved in the issue of contrast and visibility, however they are wrong.

[muawiyah]

Your pupils are not fully contracted in ordinary sunlight unless you are foolish enough to look straight at the sun. Still, when an SUV pulls up behind your standard sedan with it's lights on bright, you are going to flip the lever on your rear-view mirror to keep from being blinded.

Or, around here, check to make sure your piece is still in your driver's side pocket.

[muawiyah]

I'm flying TWO American flags tomorrow. One has 50 stars. The other is called the Continental Colors and was flown in the time of the Revolution.

This one has also been inside George Washington's Tomb on his birthday.

Ronaldus Magnus gets my best ~ headlights ain't it!

[Petronski]

You get exactly the same effect with an approaching car at the top of a hill or rise.

I suppose next you'll tell me that the only time anyone sees oncoming traffic is when that traffic is poised on the top of a hill or rise.

There is a huge difference between an object set against a luminant sky and an object set against the ground.

[ladyinred]

The President called for flags at half staff for 30 days.

[ladyinred]

Thank you, I agree! It is about Reagan and honoring him!

[Michael81Dus]

All flags on German Federal Buildings in Berlin are lowered on half staff today, too.

[visualops]

I heard on the news to keep at half-staff through the end of the month.

Having them at half-mast on July 4 would be weird.

[KeyLargo]

Just a side note:

Nissan is another victim of the DemoRAT trial lawyers going after the big bad corporation deep pockets. We need headlight control along with gun control I guess.

Nissan headlights

The blue-tinged xenon headlights of the Nissan Maxima have become a popular target for thieves who rip them from a car and sell them on the black market, including 277 incidents in Newark alone. The State of New Jersey, noting the epidemic of thefts in its state, has decided to take action -- by suing Nissan. Nissan should have anticipated that its customers would be victimized, says the State, and warned them before they bought the car. (Ronald Smothers, "Nissan Sued Over Theft-Prone Headlights", NY Times, Mar. 9; Crissa Shoemaker, "Lawsuit: Nissan withheld headlight theft risk", Courier-News, Mar. 9; Mitch Lipka, "Headlight theft wave spurs state to sue Nissan", Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar. 9). According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, Nissan was a leader in taking steps to prevent headlight thefts, so if this suit has legs, look for copycat lawsuits against other auto manufacturers--and this ludicrous theory of liability could end up being extended to other car parts or even carjackings. (Peter DeMarco, "Left in the dark", Boston Globe, Feb. 26; Rod Gibson, "Most-stolen cars? It's debatable", bankrate.com, Sep. 23, 2003).

Source: Overlawyered.com

[RightthinkinAmerican]

Except for the highbeams, your post is wrong.

[RightthinkinAmerican]

Low beams will not cause your pupils to contract in the daytime. The sun is many times brighter, even on a cloudy day. Nighttime, yes.

[Sister_T]

Real cool pix, petercooper!

[muawiyah]

From what distance?

If you'd paid close attention I pointed to the SUV (a pickup with a full cap cab) tailgating your sedan.

Give that maybe 8 feet from your rearview mirror, not down the road a piece.

Your pupils will contract!