MODERN HEAD LIGHTS FOR MOTORISTS.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 17, 18 September 1930, Page 11

MODERN HEAD LIGHTS FOR MOTORISTS.

One of the difficult problems that aTO engaging the attention of all local bodies at the present time is that oif doing away witih the dangerous and objectionable dazzling head lights on motor vehicles which, when sot at the wrong angle of elevation, becomes a menace both to tie motorist and to the pedestrian who comes within its vision.

A I'ariip,-to overcome tids difficulty, has~been design-ed and will xevy shortly, be placed on the market by MThe Craftsman Maniifacturing, Co (N".Z.)' Ltd," a British Company at present operating in' Auatralia and. whi&n will, in. the .near.,fuiture, open a faetOTy in. Auckland. » .

A iepr.e&©ntative .-of the "Hutt! News' * in e<^£any with repr&ieaitajtivea. <xf the 3or<mgli Council, was privileged on a recent evening to be present ait a deanonsttratioiL of this new non-dazzlf

ing headlight., The night chosen was by no means an ideal one from the salesman's point of view, as an unpleaai ant t&ick drizzle was falling and the wet roadway caused a reflection which, as -is well known "by all motorists,, makes driving on such nights difficult. I Taking a seat by the driver, one i* immediately impressed, not only with the whiteness of the light but with the width of t beam, which lights zip the whole width of t&e street .so that without tJxe least difficulty it is possible to Tead the house names and nurofrerS1 whilst the car is travelling in the centre of the roadway. The ray of light extends for 256 yards and when a street corner iH being negotiated it has the . power of lighting up the whole area in a naaamea: never before realised, although ihe flat top beam, does not tis© abov,ei 3 feet from the ground level. Anyone approaching this light does so without the least inconvenience andi can <leliber«utely stare at the- light and not experience any sense of blindness, It is even possible .to read a newepapeor under the full glare of the lamp. With only a 28. candle powe(r globte it is remarkable tiuat such wonderful iiiimriiiation powers are attained., This is aecounited fot by the fact that the reflector is of sterling silvier plating specially siiiafped amd with the best English fluted glass, ail of which combine to produce a white light:restful.-to- the eyes of ihe drivifMv penetrating, without blinding glare or dazzle and great width of beam. All who witnessed the test were loud in their praise of the nieiw invention and it wias f etlit by each ne that the general introduction of thw mjodem head light would do miach to elimin-ate tiie dangers of modern ijoad transport.