Comments on: Turn on your headlights, Saturn http://blogwaffe.com/2006/10/14/turn-on-your-headlights-saturn/ Witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational blog station Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: tdstephens3 http://blogwaffe.com/2006/10/14/turn-on-your-headlights-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-5333 tdstephens3 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:36:54 +0000 http://blogwaffe.com/2006/10/14/422/#comment-5333 oh, atmospheric conditions too? just figured the stereoscopic effect acting in conjuction with my miniscule brain's conditioning mechanisms... wow, this is exciting to post on the blog of a caltech student!! did i type that out loud? oh, atmospheric conditions too? just figured the stereoscopic effect acting in conjuction with my miniscule brain’s conditioning mechanisms…

wow, this is exciting to post on the blog of a caltech student!! did i type that out loud?

]]> By: Adam http://blogwaffe.com/2006/10/14/turn-on-your-headlights-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-5274 Adam Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:10:43 +0000 http://blogwaffe.com/2006/10/14/422/#comment-5274 This makes complete sense to me. Studies have shown that effects like fog can also make things appear farther away than they actually are. The dimness of the running lights is similar to what you would get when driving in fog, thus this compounds the effect of the lights being closer together. Additionally, twilight is one of the hardest times to judge distances properly. All of these tell me that as soon as it starts getting dark, you should turn on your regular headlights. This makes complete sense to me. Studies have shown that effects like fog can also make things appear farther away than they actually are. The dimness of the running lights is similar to what you would get when driving in fog, thus this compounds the effect of the lights being closer together. Additionally, twilight is one of the hardest times to judge distances properly.

All of these tell me that as soon as it starts getting dark, you should turn on your regular headlights.

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