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...ry, malevolent power. The exterior boasts four tailpipes and a return to the 911's traditional oval headlights while the interior deviates from Porsch purity in favour of unrefined decadence. In ke...
Well, I just hit a deer. So I decided I need more light on country roads. My `91 Integra has fog/driving lights but they go off when I switch to hi beam (DOT idiocy?). To make your fog/driving li
...State Police cars on the right shoulder of the road. Suddenly, the fellow on my left lit up his brake lights and I could see the red LED`s of his radar detector illuminate as well. Although I ...
...Are they in more accidents for some reason (so much for GM-unique "safety features" like daytime running lights then...huh?!)? Does it cost more to repair them when damaged. All three? Has anyone ...
...0100. He followed us for about 2 miles through town on a four lane highway; very light traffic, when the lights went on and I pulled over. I pull over and the cop says, "You know why I pulled you ov...
...e as well. The light being on reduces your night vision adaption. This reduces the glare of oncoming headlights and reflections of lights in the mirrors. However, this severely reduces the distan...
My 1990 Celica has been crippled since birth with a pair of H6054 headlights and my current GE sealed beam halogen lights are nearing replacement time. Winter driving on the rain soaked roads of
...ew one (9006) which is described as "low beam" on the packaging. I have a 1990 Honda Accord (four headlights up front). It`s daytime now, but I can tell that the new lighbulb is not as powerful...
Another strange prob with my `66 Galaxie...at the first detent, the front parking lights illuminate, but at the second position when the headlights go on, the front parking lights go out. Rear taill
...sible three). We pass a speed trap where two clearly marked NYPD highway patrol cars with just their headlights on are sitting in a field to the right. The Lexus continues speeding and weaving and ...
...cases, if the shoe fits...) On the way home from work: Appx. 30% of the cars on the road have no headlights on despite overcast weather conditions, including many Saturns and other GM products w...
...eased glare. These problems are directly attributable to the blue content of the current automotive HID lights; photometric factors are a separate matter entirely. There is a *lot* of hype and mi...
...it progressively reduces the amount of time I must devote to shooing-away individuals interested in blue lights, fashion statements, clear taillights, etc. In short (at last!): It keeps timewaste...
...the current Japanese-Teutonic `aero-style` designs, this one has *looks*, including those four round headlights and a straight-up `Cd-be-damned` grille, not to mention the subtly-curved rear `haunc...
.... Thing is, before SUVs, ruts were found only at truck stops and some very heavily travelled uphill stoplights. (often close to a truck stop) Now the roads and even interstates are rutted everywher...
...or. very close to a pile! It didn't run but I got it going with my fathers help. I never did get the dash lights to work and it was an electrical headache. sold it for 500 bucks in 1978. :P...
I`ve seen much discussion on colors of lights used on emergency vehicle, but is there any guidelines, regulations or recommended types of lights, mounting position, flash patterns, etc.? Opinions?
Tonight while coming home I was behind a minivan two lights in a row. At both red lights he kept creeping forward every once in a while. The second light was red for a couple minutes, and he kept cr
... ...To the extent that toll systems CAN be installed cheaply, say for the cost of a couple of traffic lights at each location, that certainly would eliminate much of my concern about the added co...
... individual into speeding up. If I`m passing a slower vehicle and someone comes behind me flashing their lights, tailgating, etc, I will move over /as soon as I can/. I will not, however, accelerat...
...doesn`t matter what he does. I pass him going 75 still. About 5 miles later, I see another set of headlights in my rearview, alongside Mr. Bacardi`s, they come up on me, I don`t even think twice ...
... at 9am. i was going 55mph. weather that day was fog. the cop told me that i could not drive with four lights on and gave me ticket. i obs. mounted on the front 2 headlights,2 parking lights and...
...here was a Ford Bronco or something similar that was lifted 5 feet off the ground or something. It`s headlights were above the roof of the car that was in front of it. The strangest thing I have eve...
... scary. Virtually every day on the road I have to use the horn more than once. I almost have to flash my lights and hit the brakes on a day-to-day basis as well. I`m a pretty safe driver too as I ha...
...ies spring to mind here: 1) the officer was responding to a call. Doubtful, as he sat through two red lights after exiting. 2) 95 MPH is not an unreasonable speed for that road, in an average ...
...k! If You Can Read This, Please Flip Me Back Over. [Seen upside down on a Jeep] Remember Folks: Stop Lights Timed For 35mph Are Also Timed For 70mph Guys: No Shirt, No Service. Gals: No Shirt, ...
... day that i swear, the rear end had been made to look just like a front end, complete with grill and headlights. I know it`s meant as a joke but it`s also dangerous since when you see this in front...
...ork this morning between 6:15 and 7:00 in the rain. Visibility is not good. Everyone has their headlights on. But, as time approaches 7:00 (and the sky is a bit lighter), I start to see idi...
...volunteer at a local fire department and have one of those blue "ooh-look-at-me-I`m-important" flashing lights on your car, use it whenever you go shopping or to a restaurant. Use your driving t...
...kburger Says our mayor?s got a master plan A new post gun meets the cost of livin? And one of them stoplights down on Grand Radar Gun, Radar Gun I?m makin? money and I?m havin? fun with my Rada...
... following me, which I think is a bit unusual since cops usually blast around at high speed and run red lights at this time of night. So in any case, I started getting a little nervous as I truly h...
The Feds just busted APC for selling illegal clear taillights, and fined the company $650,000. It`s difficult to understand why the fine was so low; legally the penalties are up to $5,000 per violat
1994 Intrepids, `86-`90 Jeep Grand Wagoneers, early-production current-generation VW Passats and others exhibit this color. the SAE "red" color specifications. If owners find the light-red color o
screen) that GM will begin putting off switches for the daytime running lights (DRLs) on some of the 2004 US models. The GM trucks and some SUVs already have a way to turn them off. I haven`t seen o
I was ticketed for Speeding on Sunday morning about 2:00am on I287 in New York, The location had no lights, complete darkness and the Trooper was sitting on the right shoulder parallel to the traff
The biggest SUV possible, fully loaded with all the options (but never any passengers). All the lights on at all times - except for blinkers which don`t seem to work... In the passing lane behind
The other day on my way home tehre was this European car with horrible lights. The main lights were like fog lights and gave off this horrible glare. It was like no matter where I was in relationshi
...asily now-a-days for some of this occurring. It`s been documented that certain types of daytime running lights, especially the ones already using the high-beam lamps, limit the effectiveness of sig...
...e freeways going through the center, meaning most driving is done on country roads or busy streets with lights. ???? "Our plummet in road deaths in recent years has been particularly in urban ar...
...of time using those vile gas-station windshield swabbers to wash/scrape the dried road crap off our headlights. As a result, the glass surface slowly accumulates haze in the form of small abrasions...
...sections in suburbia to have green right-turn arrows. These arrows will be green while the straight-thru lights are green but also when the perpendicular street has green left-turn arrows. This see...
...e idea is new as far as I know. What if cars came with a series of four buttons on the dashboard with lights embedded in them. When you try to start the car, one of the buttons lights up at rando...
it is. Even renowned 140/160mph hard core speeder "Butthead" admired the CHiPs for their professionalism, courtesy and interest in safety, and that is coming straight from someone who would have a
..., that he stopped dead in the middle of the lane, head turned to face me. The proverbial deer-in-the-headlights adage comes to mind. I hope that`s my only close call this week. Hell, this month. ...
...vice manual information on the DRL system to a means of disabling it. Thanks to new info posted at the lightsout.org site (temporarily at http://www.phason.com/lightsout/ pending a server move), I...
...highway is to be driving a tank (or the next best thing--a Hummer). Bradsher shatters this myth and highlights the strange disconnect between the perception and the reality of SUVs. The occupant...
...ources where many military vehicles in Iraq are often running around in broad bright sunlight with their lights on. According to GM, this would make those vehicles more visible and more "conspicuous...
DRL. States are not permitted to have an equipment standard that is not identical to the Federal standard. States *can* make their own laws regarding *usage* of vehicle equipment -- a state could re
and damn near every one said they didn`t see the motorcycle. that`s why the regulation for headlights on was enacted. with normal drls for autos now, the accident rate goes up. cause and effect?
...ork City yellow cab, complete with the fare price sticker, the only difference being the hidden flashing lights in the back. How the hell is this legal? Isn`t this entrapment? The cops tend to drive...
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