Oct-05-2018 01:57 PM
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Oct-10-2018 03:37 AM
Kayteg1 wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
Interesting. All 3 deer hits I've suffered (2 totalled the vehicle and one was 2000 bucks in damage) we all from deer that came into the side of my vehicle, not the front and I never saw any of them because lights don't go around the sides.
Same here. The only deer I hit come from the left corner.
I have better than average reaction time, but 1/2 second at 60 mph is not giving you time to do anything.
All I could see was a shade in corner of my eye and immediate BUM.
Thanks to 1999 Superduty front bumper none of the radiators got ruptured and I could drive home.
Bumper look funny, reminding moose horns.
Now not truck mounted, but I just bought this babe.
I have a mountain about 1 mile away and that small gizmo will spot any movement on it.
Mountain peak is 1300' above the street level . Will see it in total dark as well.
So there is cheap revenge for stupid users of truck mounted LEDs.
Oct-09-2018 09:35 PM
SidecarFlip wrote:
Interesting. All 3 deer hits I've suffered (2 totalled the vehicle and one was 2000 bucks in damage) we all from deer that came into the side of my vehicle, not the front and I never saw any of them because lights don't go around the sides.
Oct-09-2018 05:39 PM
Oct-09-2018 05:36 PM
trail-explorer wrote:TxGearhead wrote:
Opinions are like elbows.....my opinion is if you are trying to avoid hitting wildlife the last thing I would do is turn a lot of light on them. I think all you're doing is blinding them.
The benefit of all the light is that your site distance is longer, so you can see them sooner, and slow down sooner, hopefully avoiding hitting them. That's one reason people want aux lights.
Or in the desert, where there's no ambient lighting from houses, businesses, street lights, people want more light to see further.
THat's why Baja 1000 racers use eleventy-billion watts of lights on their race vehicles - longer sight distance.
OOPS, maybe they only run 1.21 jiga watts, powered by a flux capacitor
Oct-09-2018 10:14 AM
TxGearhead wrote:
Opinions are like elbows.....my opinion is if you are trying to avoid hitting wildlife the last thing I would do is turn a lot of light on them. I think all you're doing is blinding them.
Oct-09-2018 04:57 AM
Oct-08-2018 05:02 PM
Oct-08-2018 10:36 AM
ticki2 wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:The trouble with that solution is that now you have two blind drivers heading towards each other .jplante4 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
For those complaining about them, you must not drive many/any dark roads with little to no traffic, no ambient lighting and abundant wildlife.
Just in the last 2 weeks, on my job, 1 elk has been tagged by a company truck...
There are no elk on Sandwich Rd. next to the canal on Cape Cod. There are buttheads in Jeeps with very brights LED bumper lights tho.
You need a set of Daylighters like I have. Amazing how a quick flick of the on toggle changes their minds about bright lights....:D
As their eyeballs get cooked in their eye sockets, they realize they don't have the brightest lights anymore.
About the only time I use the. A great deterrent to obnoxious idiots.
Oct-08-2018 10:28 AM
SidecarFlip wrote:The trouble with that solution is that now you have two blind drivers heading towards each other .jplante4 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
For those complaining about them, you must not drive many/any dark roads with little to no traffic, no ambient lighting and abundant wildlife.
Just in the last 2 weeks, on my job, 1 elk has been tagged by a company truck...
There are no elk on Sandwich Rd. next to the canal on Cape Cod. There are buttheads in Jeeps with very brights LED bumper lights tho.
You need a set of Daylighters like I have. Amazing how a quick flick of the on toggle changes their minds about bright lights....:D
As their eyeballs get cooked in their eye sockets, they realize they don't have the brightest lights anymore.
About the only time I use the. A great deterrent to obnoxious idiots.
Oct-08-2018 09:07 AM
Oct-08-2018 09:05 AM
SidecarFlip wrote:jplante4 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
For those complaining about them, you must not drive many/any dark roads with little to no traffic, no ambient lighting and abundant wildlife.
Just in the last 2 weeks, on my job, 1 elk has been tagged by a company truck...
There are no elk on Sandwich Rd. next to the canal on Cape Cod. There are buttheads in Jeeps with very brights LED bumper lights tho.
Could be he mistook a Bullwinkle for an Elk....:W
Oct-07-2018 05:39 PM
jplante4 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
For those complaining about them, you must not drive many/any dark roads with little to no traffic, no ambient lighting and abundant wildlife.
Just in the last 2 weeks, on my job, 1 elk has been tagged by a company truck...
There are no elk on Sandwich Rd. next to the canal on Cape Cod. There are buttheads in Jeeps with very brights LED bumper lights tho.
Oct-07-2018 05:36 PM
jplante4 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
For those complaining about them, you must not drive many/any dark roads with little to no traffic, no ambient lighting and abundant wildlife.
Just in the last 2 weeks, on my job, 1 elk has been tagged by a company truck...
There are no elk on Sandwich Rd. next to the canal on Cape Cod. There are buttheads in Jeeps with very brights LED bumper lights tho.