ELIMINATE DAZZLE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 January 1929, Page 12

ELIMINATE DAZZLE.

MOTORISTS' OBLIGATIONS. While it is admitted that the complete solution of the dazzle, .problem is a matter of great difficulty, it would not be hard to eliminate quite am appreciable proportion of the dazzle that now afflicts road dsers at might. To take one example, how often do we find stationary cars drawn: up by the side, of the road with their head lamps left burning? In .Britain the It.A.C. is making an appeal for the abolition of this incom- 1 j siderate behaviour on the part of cer- | tain car owners andi a similar appeal could be made here with advantage. In this eonineeition mention cam. be made also of the grave danger not infrequently caused bv leaving cars with side and sometimes even head lamps alight by the right-hand side of the. road pointing towards*" the oncoming stream of 'traffic. . Where illumination is poor, the lamps of cars left in this position are apt to- be confusing, for approaching driv-, ens imay take them as being attached to vehicles travelling towards them, and may endeavour to pass 1 the stationary car on the near side, With the result that ojoollisiom occurs with the I kerb or path edging or am incision is made on the path or pavement. A cardinal rule for all drivers shotuM be invariably to leave the cair facing j in .the proper direction, on whichever ( side of the. roadway the stoppage is made. I Ordinary consideration for other 1 road users should 1 prompt a driver to' extinguish, his headlamps the moment i no draws it© a. standstill, a;nct this point j needs no. further emphasis.' " j Another source of unnecessary dazzle, is iffleorrect setting of the lamps. The great majority of the lamps fitted to modern ears are easily adjustable, the lamp body being mounted on a form off ball and cup joint with a locking nut beneath it. By slacking this nut the elevation or lateral direction off the beam can be adjusted to a nicety.