Motor-car Lights
Sir, —I hammer this subject because the Transport Department has the wrong priorities, dithering where it should give a clear lead, and blind to the irrefutable fact that death on the roads is caused by those who break the law, viciously or through ignorance and petty conceit. Any photographer knows that the eye, with automatic aperture, is a poor judge of light values. Drivers should rely on the “photometer” principle: when dipped headlights show clearly on a dry road surface, they are definitely needed for safe driving. Late last year the magazine, "Autocar,” had the subject of insufficient lighting well and sensibly covered, and I let the British Highway Code have the last word. Paragraph 53 reads: "In daytime, whenever visibility is poor, switch on your lights; use headlights in mist or fog to enable other road users to see you more easily.”—Yours, etc., VARIAN J. WILSON. August 8, 1968. [This correspondence is now closed. Editor, “The Press.”]
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 10
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