Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxm!hogpc!houxb!hrs From: hrs@houxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Dipped Headlights Message-ID: <256@houxb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 13:52:06 EST Article-I.D.: houxb.256 Posted: Wed Feb 15 13:52:06 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 02:46:24 EST References: fortune.2524 Lines: 12 In France, both high and low beams are yellow. This is based on the assumption that the eye is more sensitive to yellow, and also that there is less scattering in fog with yellow. For that reason fog lights are often yellow. Studies have found that the loss of light output due to the yellow filtering actually produces poorer vision with the yellow light. with the yellow light. The French are continung to use yellow 1) to show they are different, and 2) to identify non-French cars in France, at which they can then flash their high beams.