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Show New Auto Light Is SajL.' A ,3E After three years ojf cooperati effort on the part of auieir.lcbile en-lireers en-lireers a r.elw type headlight will be revealed to the public this week but enough is known to assert that it will add to eihe safety ctf bhle highways high-ways at night. Preliminary announceixent states that almost all auitiqxiobile rr.lanu-flaciiurers rr.lanu-flaciiurers will include tele new "sealed bea.rj" heladligiht, which wiill give fifty per cefct increase in light power, with a large increase in range for the up, cr "country," beatxi, more f uilly illuminate the riglhlt side of the road with the low, or "traffic" beam, ami, at the sapae tijme, reduce the glare. Such an Improvetaent will undoubtedly un-doubtedly save many lives because half of the highway fatalities occur at night, when less than a quarter of the traffic is moving, iaoi' the presrlxjption is that lights have something to do Iwithi the casualities. Anybody who drives the highway laA nigr.lt realizes the importance cf dixlming lights when meeting traffic. traf-fic. The new laix): will increase the Eafety factor througlhi its use. In some States the use of the law beaten is mandatory iR'hen meeting other vehicles but, in these States, as else-wihere, else-wihere, there1, are inconsiderate people who drive oars. |