CHRYSLER CORPORATIONS SUPER - LITE: AN EVALUATION
THE SUPER-LITE IS A QUARTZ HALOGEN TUNGSTEN FILAMENT SOURCE INCORPORATED INTO A UNIQUE PROJECTOR HEADLAMP OF EXTREMELY LOW LIGHT SCATTER OUTSIDE THE MAIN BEAM. OVER 1,000 MILES WERE DRIVEN AT NIGHT TO OBSERVE THE RESPONSES OF ONCOMING MOTORISTS TO VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF GLARE. PERCENTAGES ARE GIVEN FOR THOSE WHO FLASHED HEADLIGHTS WHEN LOW BEAMS ONLY WERE USED, LOW BEAMS PLUS SUPER-LITE, HIGH BEAMS, AND THE LUCAS 100,000 CANDLE-POWER DRIVING LAMP. DIFFERENCES WERE NOTED FOR RIGHT AND LEFT CURVES IN THE ROAD AND FOR INTERSTATE AND TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS. SIMULATED PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY WITH AND WITHOUT ONCOMING GLARE INDICATED SUPER- LITE INCREASED SEEING DISTANCES SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN OPERATING WITH LOW BEAMS. /HSL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 46, No 11, PP 855-861
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Authors:
- Allen, M J
- Publication Date: 1969-11
Media Info
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Distance; Drivers; Glare; Halogens; Headlamps; High beamed headlamps; Low beamed headlamps; Night vision; Pedestrians; Quartz; Visibility; Vision
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; High beamed headlights; Low beamed headlights
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221187
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 13 1971 12:00AM