headlights

Yep. Older eyes don't work as well as younger ones. But -- again -- the second most important factor in how well you see at night isn't the raw amount of light, but where it is distributed. You're much better off with a headlamp that produces half the light but focuses it usefully vs. a headlamp that produces twice the light focused poorly.

I agree and the Bosch has a very clear pattern on the ground.

In fact, driving lamps are auxiliary high beams.

Yup..in my day they were called pencil beams and were only used with the high beams..I think Lucas made a very good set..nowaday, it means any aux on the front of your vehicle. One of the sad things is that you cannot aim your beams inside of your truck/car. When we were marathone driving in the night..also called coming home from a MX race..I have ajustible air bags on my truck..I would level the truck as well as possible and turn on a aux wide filling spectrum lights that illuminted in front and off to the right because I ran low beam most of the time..

We do safety inspecations in this province. If a car or truck is jacked up using aftermarket gear, the truck is failed. The garage I go to is anal with their inspections. They installed both sets because I had a lot of problems with the Mustang..ended up using the power off the gas pump. I would have thought that they ould have told me no..

Regardless, the moral is buy the best light you can, keep it focused properly (check every 6 months or so) and keep the lens clear.

cheers
ian.