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<blockquote data-quote="infrared" data-source="post: 1433386" data-attributes="member: 68615"><p>Skooter,</p><p></p><p>I agree. I have seen a wad of bright light coming my way, but even in daylight, I had no idea what it was, so the speed was difficult to determine. If that bike had a turn signal blinking, that turn signal would have been impossible to see inside the glare.</p><p></p><p>History note: In WW2, American attack bombers used an array of landing lights to "vanish" their anti-sub patrol planes as they descended quietly when attacking surfaced German U-boats. The U-boat crew could not dive the boat in time to avoid the aircraft's attack - the crew had little or no warning before the bombs were dropping. These planes used rheostats (dimming controls) to set their light array output to exactly match the sky behind (above) them. All that to say, an array of lights may do <u>exactly</u> the opposite of what you might expect, when the Sun is low behind you, if your light array output matches the bright sky behind you. Look up Yehudi Lights, for more information. The Yehudi name was borrowed; he was a stage magician in the WW2 era.</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="infrared, post: 1433386, member: 68615"] Skooter, I agree. I have seen a wad of bright light coming my way, but even in daylight, I had no idea what it was, so the speed was difficult to determine. If that bike had a turn signal blinking, that turn signal would have been impossible to see inside the glare. History note: In WW2, American attack bombers used an array of landing lights to "vanish" their anti-sub patrol planes as they descended quietly when attacking surfaced German U-boats. The U-boat crew could not dive the boat in time to avoid the aircraft's attack - the crew had little or no warning before the bombs were dropping. These planes used rheostats (dimming controls) to set their light array output to exactly match the sky behind (above) them. All that to say, an array of lights may do [U]exactly[/U] the opposite of what you might expect, when the Sun is low behind you, if your light array output matches the bright sky behind you. Look up Yehudi Lights, for more information. The Yehudi name was borrowed; he was a stage magician in the WW2 era. . [/QUOTE]
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