Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #57
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   From: "Eric Rowland" 
Subject: Re: Facia light colors
   Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:57:49 -0400

        Reply to:   RE>>Facia light colors

I think the submarine theme is a throwback to our WWII days - when they
surfaced at night they didn't want to have to wait 20 minutes to be able to
see the enemy ships- but the submariners didn't have to deal with 'squirrel
hunting' VWs and other morons shining bright white lights in their face thus
completely eliminating any 'night vision' gained.

E
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(and a new player on the 'net)

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Date: 5/1/95 7:01 PM
To: Eric Rowland
From: Joshua Benjamin Moore
One other interesting aspect of red/amber illumination is that it is very
hardto see.  While in France recently, I was surprised to find that all the
cars had yellow headlights.  I asked someone why and the told me that
there was much less glare.  That's true; there's also much less light. 
Considering the dash works fine as it is, why change it to a decidedly
less user-friendly configuration in the name of style?  Just wondering...
	Oh, and I have no idea why that's useful in submarines.  Good question.
Josh

> 
> I believe the reason for red/amber is that it doesn't affect your night
> vision as much.  Anyone know if this is the case for sure?  And why would
> that be useful in submarines?
> 
>                                                         -Dave
> 
>     David K. Kim                                 dkkim@uiuc.edu
> "Next to knowing when to sieze an opportunity, the most important thing
>   in life is to know when to forego an advantage."  -Benjamin Disraeli
>