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Old 03-28-2020, 12:20 PM   #15 (permalink)
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headlight elevation

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Originally Posted by M_a_t_t View Post
My roofline is only a little bit taller than the stock headlight location of the headlights on my van. Cars around here are rare nowadays. It seems like 90% of headlights from oncoming traffic are about eye level with my car because of this.
Current headlight positioning might have to do with fog.Forty years ago,motorists were adding amber fog-lights under the bumper,to get the light source as low as possible,below some ground-level fog.Low-beam was recommended,so as not to blind the driver with their own lights reflected off the ground level clouds.This may be some obscure DOT requirement,rarely,if ever mentioned.Just a thought.
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