I noticed you, I noticed you!
Published on Thu, Jun 3, 2010 by John PierreRead More The Constant Curmudgeon
I'm not wild about government intrusions but there are exceptions. I keep looking forward to the day when some government agency will come to the realization that the eye-searing blue (and recently white) halogen headlights, largely standard equipment on many imported autos from the European continent, are a hazard to other traffic and should be outlawed.
It would appear that a few of the owner/drivers of these various vehicles are motivated by wanting their cars and trucks to appear "sexier" than others on the street.
Some are even retro-fitting their pride-and-joy tall trucks (equipped with step ladders for entry) with these special beacons for no other apparent purpose than to show off.
Many even mount additional offending lamps underneath the front bumper where fog lights used to be attached for a useful purpose.
If these look-at-me-ain't-I-cool drivers want to be noticed, why don't they just go to a war surplus store and buy a couple search lights, designed to illuminate the sky up to 10,000 feet, and mount them, facing forward, on top of their rolling blue light district?
Driving at night becomes more and more hazardous as an approaching pile of steel and chrome, lit up like a Las Vegas casino, attempts to parboil the oncoming driver's eyes.
How about it City Council?
Why don't you do something other than discussing the need for leashes on goldfish?
Shouldn't an official request be made of the State to eliminate these traffic hazards?
If California can cause manufacturers to have to create an entirely different exhaust system to satisfy their state requirements, why can't Washington (the state ... not the cesspool on the East Coast) force a change in the law in the name of traffic safety?
It is illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and, recently, to talk on a hand-held cell phone.
Shouldn't it be considered equally as important to control these blinding, rolling traffic hazards?
It's time, once and for all, to get rid of these obnoxious beacons in favor of the kind that are simply designed to illuminate the road ahead and not to proclaim the driver's cooler-than-thou, studly persona.
It would appear that a few of the owner/drivers of these various vehicles are motivated by wanting their cars and trucks to appear "sexier" than others on the street.
Some are even retro-fitting their pride-and-joy tall trucks (equipped with step ladders for entry) with these special beacons for no other apparent purpose than to show off.
Many even mount additional offending lamps underneath the front bumper where fog lights used to be attached for a useful purpose.
If these look-at-me-ain't-I-cool drivers want to be noticed, why don't they just go to a war surplus store and buy a couple search lights, designed to illuminate the sky up to 10,000 feet, and mount them, facing forward, on top of their rolling blue light district?
Driving at night becomes more and more hazardous as an approaching pile of steel and chrome, lit up like a Las Vegas casino, attempts to parboil the oncoming driver's eyes.
How about it City Council?
Why don't you do something other than discussing the need for leashes on goldfish?
Shouldn't an official request be made of the State to eliminate these traffic hazards?
If California can cause manufacturers to have to create an entirely different exhaust system to satisfy their state requirements, why can't Washington (the state ... not the cesspool on the East Coast) force a change in the law in the name of traffic safety?
It is illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and, recently, to talk on a hand-held cell phone.
Shouldn't it be considered equally as important to control these blinding, rolling traffic hazards?
It's time, once and for all, to get rid of these obnoxious beacons in favor of the kind that are simply designed to illuminate the road ahead and not to proclaim the driver's cooler-than-thou, studly persona.