[BC] Re: CES

[Cowboy]

On Monday 09 January 2006 09:54 am, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>As a side note, I recently sat through a local town meeting which discussed 
>this very item...LED signs distracting drivers along a busy strip of road.

 There was one on I-77 between Akron and Canton Ohio that was
 ultimately dimmed down quite a bit for this very reason.

>Considering the brightness of tail-light LED's and their blinding effect if 
>you are close, this doesn't surprise me at all.  I'm surprised there aren't 
>more rear end collisions because of the blinding effect those hyper-bright 
>LED create to light sensitive drivers.

 Well, it seems the NTSA wants you to see THAT light, so you don't hit
 THAT vehicle.
 ( I've found those 800,000 candle power turn signals a problem for
 many years now )

 It seems they don't give a rat's **** if the blindness causes you to hit
 several other things, as that wasn't their objective at the time.
 Unintended consequences !

 Brighter MUST be better ! It only stands to reason !

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