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Old 01-22-2010, 07:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
Man, that thing is shiny!! I would think that a mirror finish isn't the safest thing to have. In the dark or in quickly changing traffic conditions it'd be easy to not notice that thing...
How would you not notice something as bright as your headlights facing the "wrong direction" in front of you at night?

The reflection would make it seem that something were coming back at you with the same (nearly) light intensity that your headlights have. This is why I hate chrome (large, semi) truck bumpers at night. If you get too close, they blind you. Mind that "too close" is often truly too close, but that's beside the point.

I'd think it would need clearance lighting in most states to be road legal anyway?
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