Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:15:11 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: busses vs. cars, the debate continues
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

At 10/8/2007 09:44 PM, you wrote:

>If oncoming headlights are polarized vertically, and are viewed through a
>horizontally polarized filter, the headlights would not be seen, risking
>head-on collisions.  Much the same problem would seem to exist with blue
>headlights viewed through a filter which passes only red light.
>
>Ron Kean

If the filters were 100% efficient, perhaps.  They aren't likely to
be, especially at the price point we'd be looking at.  They wouldn't
blind you, but you'd see a glow just fine.  The main question is
whether you'd see what they are lighting up...if not, the idea is a bust.

-- Mike B.
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