Posted on:
02/06/2005 08:10 PM | Selecting a vehicle for night time driving, and a unit that
will allow the owner/ Driver to be able to respect the eyes
on the oncoming motorists
Questions that are answered in the 5 point rating area
provide an area of discussions, of margins of vehicle
safety standards
you do the math
( think a lot about question # 6 when doing the survey)
1, Is the vehicle equipped with daytime runninglamps?
yes------- 5 no-------
2, do the Daytime running lamps operate in the low beam
circuit? yes----5 no-----
3, do the daytime running lamps operate at aprox 60%
reduced brillance? yes--5 no-----
4, do the Daytime running lamps extinguish with park brake
applied ? yes----5 no-----
5, If the answer to # 2 and # 3 are no, are there 2
additional lamps installed to operate the D.R.L.function
yes----5 no---
6, Do the 2 additional Daytime running lamps extinguish at
night time? yes------5 no------
7, are there fog lamps supplied on the unit?
yes------5 no------
8, is there a illuminated on/off switch supplied so the fog
lamps can be shut off
when the weather is clear and to respect the eyes of
oncomong drivers? yes--5 no---
9, can the fog lamps operate alone with the park lamps,
tail lamps and
marker lamps? (advantage in heavy fog)
yes---5 no----
10, Can the fog lamps operate with low beam operations?
yes-----5 no--------
11, are the fog lamps switch restricted so that they cannot
operate on high beam lamp operations ? yes-----5
no-----
12, Are additional driving lamps supplied on unit? (
personal choice)yes----no------
13, is there an illuminated on/off switch supplied so these
can be shut off ? yes----5 no------
14, are the driving lamps switch restricted to operate
solely with high beam lamps yes----5 no-----
15, are there more than 2 parking lamps supplied on the
unit yes---- no------
16, if more than 2 park lamps are supplied, are the 2
additional park lamps
equipped with park lamps bulbs that do not exceed the
national standard
of 2 candlepower per lamp ? yes--5 -no--
Total score -------
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BJ |
