Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-19 | Page 6 | Headlights of Motor Cars

headlights OF MOTOR CARS journal complains that Is overdone Is not the blinding glare of the now huge searchlights with which the heavy touring cars are equipped far more dangerous than the absence of light asks the motor world true enough speed requires that the road be seen tor quite a length ahead in order to insure safety but night speeding over unknown or over well known roads tor that matter Is not a particularly sate practice under any circumstances what Is it to become when every thing on the road moving in the appo site direction Is to be rendered helpless by the sudden flashing ot an over powering glare in the eyes and left to flounder blind and bewildered in mid road during the moments of the car s approach by actual count many 0 the powerful cars now carry no lese than six lamps two oil s tall light ditto a pair of acetylene headlights of no mean illuminative power and to top off all a hand con trolled searchlight that would do crecli to a torpedo boat