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Jack Kerouac
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Now having said that Austin...couldn't one just rotate the lens 180 degrees?
"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:54:52 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Jack Kerouac wrote:
> >
> >> LHD head lamps vs. RHD Head lamps?
> >>
> >> Never heard of such a thing. Sounds like asking the new guy on the job
to go
> >> fetch a pail of steam.
> >
> >RHD headlights dip to the left, and LHD headlights dip to the right.
>
> and centre dip headlamps dip to the centre, of course
>
>
> but he's right. The dip beam pattern is asymmetric, making a longer beam
to
> one side, in order mainly to illuminate the edge of the road to a further
> distance, the better to see pedestrians and suchlike.
>
> Also the whole pattern shifts a bit left (for RHD ones) so that it points
> away from oncoming traffic.
>
> the older style headlamps didn't produce the sharp cut-off that the modern
> ones have but still used to dip left or right, quite often. Mostly, if
you
> look at the headlamp glass, you'll see an arrow on it which tells you
which
> way it dips, and that arrow points tot he edge of the road on the side
> you're driving.
>
"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:54:52 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Jack Kerouac wrote:
> >
> >> LHD head lamps vs. RHD Head lamps?
> >>
> >> Never heard of such a thing. Sounds like asking the new guy on the job
to go
> >> fetch a pail of steam.
> >
> >RHD headlights dip to the left, and LHD headlights dip to the right.
>
> and centre dip headlamps dip to the centre, of course
>
>
> but he's right. The dip beam pattern is asymmetric, making a longer beam
to
> one side, in order mainly to illuminate the edge of the road to a further
> distance, the better to see pedestrians and suchlike.
>
> Also the whole pattern shifts a bit left (for RHD ones) so that it points
> away from oncoming traffic.
>
> the older style headlamps didn't produce the sharp cut-off that the modern
> ones have but still used to dip left or right, quite often. Mostly, if
you
> look at the headlamp glass, you'll see an arrow on it which tells you
which
> way it dips, and that arrow points tot he edge of the road on the side
> you're driving.
>
