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Ooooh, nearly forgot...
Remember 'Amber shades' ?? I always rode my bike at night with those as I got the impression it improved my night vision.
Maybe it had something to do with the convincing 80's dude on the advertisement...with that Magnum PI mo' and cool look about him...
Hmmmm.
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A blue a red light?Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco EMU
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I always have clear covers on mine, and have broken one cover in the 12months that's I've had them... So IMO they have been a good investment.
I was told you got a 16% reduction in glare by filtering out 16% of the useful light...Quote:
Originally Posted by one_iota
With regards to Yellow Fog Lights this should clear things up:
http://www.lightingresearch.org/prog...01-01-0320.pdf
I can see more clearly now the rain has gone ;)
Blue covers on spotlights ARE NOT Illegal. Blue flashing or warning lights are. The blue headlight covers show up as a pale blue only. If the police are warning people they do not know the laws, standards and regulations regarding them/ If this was the case we would all be fined for red clearance, tail and stop lamps and green, white and blue clearance lamps.Quote:
Originally Posted by isuzurover
I do have the information somewhere as I looked into it extensively when at Ravey.
You can legally have blue, red, white or green flashing lights fitted for private property use, but the moment you go onto a public road you must have them covered so that they are not visible unless you are a designated emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or fire tender. A security vehicle does not come under this definition.
The laws are a bit vague but it basically comes down to the state emergency services minister or similar as to who is allowed to do what.
Yeah, only emergency vehicles are permitted to display (operating) red and or blue warning lights - an emergency vehicle (in NSW) includes Police, Fire Brigade (including RFS), Ambulance, SES and RTA vehicles.
They must be operating to prove the offence.
Not sure about driving lights, but I remember reading recently in the RACQ magaine (since thrown it out) that some blue bulbs were legal and others were not, but I can't remember how to separate them, so you might want to check the law with your motoring organization.
As someone who spent about 20 years in the optical game, I'll try to throw some very basic clarity (pun intended) on this argument.
Firsty, if you put ANY colour into a so called 'filter' you REDUCE the output of light from the source, thus the penetration of your lights will be less. This also applies to 'clear' filters. These are generally made of polycarbonate which although virtually bullet proof, is optically quite poor.
The old Amber/yellow glasses worked on increasing the 'sense' of contrast, in other words tricking the eye into believing that it has a better depth of field in a low light situation. All tests of this led to a fail. Main reason is that if you filter any part of the spectrum in a low light situation you WILL lower the overall light getting to the retina, this in turn will tend to make light areas look lighter, and dark areas look darker.
Without getting into what does what, it's all to do with rods and cones on the retina and frankly, after a couple of reds, I'm not up to a full on lecture.
Suffice to say... the more natural the light is that is available to your eyes, the better. If you choose to pollute it with what the promoters of light filters say, you will just not see all the things you should at a critical time...... not all things glow in the dark.... and tinted lenses on your eyes or your lights make sure that you'll miss (or hit) something.
I have red protectors on my driving lights, see my av. They were originally fitted as bling, with the intention of removing the covers when in use, but I have found them very helpful. Wildlife does not seem to dazzled to a standstill and there is less reflected glare. Admittedly the light output has been reduced, but not to the point that I can outdrive the lights at sensible or legal speeds. I have 100 watt H7 bulbs in an 8" lamp.
I would say they would definitely be illegal in all states, red should only be visible from the rear of the vehicle.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
NSW (Headlight covers) Tinted covers are not permitted if they cover direction indicator lights or if they cause the headlights to emit a colour other than white
and
A motor vehicle may also have additional pairs of high-beam headlights fitted to it. ADR 13/00 limits the number of high-beam headlights to 2, 4 or 6. “Driving lights” that project “white” light in front of the vehicle are additional high-beam headlights.
So driving lights are considered headlights, and headlights must project a 'white' light. There are different 'white' lights due to the type of globes, but I think blue 'filters' would not fit with the intent of the law and red definitely out.
Martyn