Miata Mailing List: March 1994, Message #11
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   From: casemo!keating@mimsy.cs.umd.edu (John W. Keating III)
Subject: Re: running lights
   Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 10:16:29 -0500


John Keating (That's me!) wrote:

> Many states have laws requiring lights to be turned on in inclement weather.
> I believe Georgia requires lights to be turned on whenever the windshield
> wiper is on.  I seem to recall Maryland having a similiar law.

Steve Telehowski replies (to my reply to his reply to ....):

> If this is the only arguement for those that believe blinding headlights
> are the pinnacle of safety, then their position is not very sound.  We
> must remember that the authors of these stupid laws also gave us 
> insanely low speed limits, motorized mouse belts mounted to the car door,
> zombies crawling in the passing lanes, income taxes,.....

Nah...  I'm no apologist for stupid laws.  The less government, the better.
See my quote below.  Nor do I necessarily see a need for this law.  I do,
however, tend to raise my lamps when the weather is damp.  While I know
that I can see others, I've had enough experience to know that most
people aren't observant enough to see me in ideal conditions, much
less when it's nasty out.  Now, what gets me is people who leave their
high-beams on....

John "Not snow again!" Keating

"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."
	- Montesquieu