Subsim Truckers - Page 57

Jimbuna · 07-10-20, 01:08 PM

Almost unreadable in that colour.

Aktungbby · 07-10-20, 01:18 PM

Sorry! Fixed...How is your retina these days?

Jimbuna · 07-10-20, 01:23 PM

Finished the two year experimental trials last month so now referred to the eye screening service on a yearly basis but overall the laser treatment was a success.

Aktungbby · 07-10-20, 01:49 PM

I'm constantly getting checked out for macular degeneration myself; one reason I retired last year was blue /white headlights at night generally on single lane highways giving me instant headaches... https://blog.greenflag.com/2017/why-are-modern-cars-headlights-so-bright-we-explain-whats-causing-more-drivers-to-be-dazzled-at-night-and-how-to-prevent-it/

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Are car headlights getting brighter? Ask around, and you’ll find it’s a common grumble among anyone that drives, especially those that frequently take to the road first thing in the morning or at night.
They’ll tell you that on an unlit road, especially one with crests or undulations, oncoming traffic can leave them feeling as if they can’t see.
During the winter months, the problem is exacerbated. Fewer daylight hours mean cars spend more time with their lights on. And the latest technology on modern cars has introduced superior lighting power to even the average family car.
While that’s great for any driver of a car with powerful lights, it’s not so safe for drivers of oncoming vehicles. They can find themselves blinded by the brilliant light from the latest systems.
Is there anything dazzled drivers can do? And will headlights continue to get brighter?

What’s the problem?

It’s a fact that car headlights are getting brighter. The motor industry is continually boasting about how it has improved lighting performance, to keep drivers safe. Meanwhile, eye specialists say the downside is that this actually impairs the vision of increasing numbers of drivers in oncoming traffic.
At the same time, as drivers age (69) the eye’s lens and cornea effectively become misty, and as bright light in shone through them, drivers suffer something called ‘disability glare’. Studies have shown it can take up to 10 seconds to recover from the phenomenon. Not good when carrying a Beretta .9mm

According to police data, accident investigators report ‘dazzling headlamps’ as an influence in 10 fatal crashes, nearly 70 serious accidents and more than 250 other accidents.

Mr Quatro · 03-15-21, 08:26 PM

I love it ... I want one

Onkel Neal · 03-16-21, 06:39 AM

That's nice. Love how clean and spacious it is. @1:06, what are those display screens next to the windows?

AVGWarhawk · 03-16-21, 08:35 AM

Tractors have come a long way. They truly are home on wheels. When I see todays rigs compared to some of the old flat nosed Macks that I used( was not a driver. Dispatching is my game) run local delivery in and around Baltimore, it is like night and day.

Mr Quatro · 03-16-21, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

That's nice. Love how clean and spacious it is. @1:06, what are those display screens next to the windows?

Must be video camera's display ... the one on the left has buttons that go fwd and aft and then two buttons that go up and down, but the screen on the right doesn't have any buttons.

ET2SN · 03-16-21, 03:23 PM

I just wanted to remind Aktungbby of those glorious days of complete freedom on the road, when all he had to do was knock out those miles and get the trailer delivered on time.

Aktungbby · 03-16-21, 04:37 PM

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I just wanted to remind Aktungbby of those glorious days of complete freedom on the road, when all he had to do was knock out those miles and get the trailer delivered on time.

'Twixt the 'bear' around the next curve and the miserable scalehouse ports-of-entry...there was no 'glorious total freedom on the road'. Out-of-state Truckers were fair game for income producing fines for weight or safety violations. Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee and Colorado were particularly arduous. Radar detectors were illegal in Virginia which got caught red-handed re$elling the confiscated items in other states!

ET2SN · 03-16-21, 05:53 PM

Uh huh. That picture of the milk jugs totally floated over your head, didn't it..

Want to tell the class why you NEVER open the top of a jug or bottle that you find in the cab of the truck?

em2nought · 03-16-21, 08:16 PM

It's like somebody took a classic muscle car and traded it in for a Volvo wannabe.

Commander Wallace · 03-17-21, 03:06 AM

Here is another outrageous example of comfort while trucking. They are pretty cool.

I l love that you can take your Harley with you and unload it, should the need arise.

Moonlight · 03-17-21, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

Uh huh. That picture of the milk jugs totally floated over your head, didn't it..

Want to tell the class why you NEVER open the top of a jug or bottle that you find in the cab of the truck?

I would say it was full of urine.

Mr Quatro · 03-17-21, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

I would say it was full of urine.

Don't ask me how I know this, but I would say the odor warning would get to you before the fluid would.

Never use a 7/11 Big Gulp cup the bottom won't last through the night

07-10-20, 01:08 PM	#841
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Almost unreadable in that colour. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-10-20, 01:18 PM	#842
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Sorry! Fixed...How is your retina these days? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-10-20, 01:23 PM	#843
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Finished the two year experimental trials last month so now referred to the eye screening service on a yearly basis but overall the laser treatment was a success. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

03-15-21, 08:26 PM	#845
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I love it ... I want one __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

03-16-21, 06:39 AM	#846
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,283 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	That's nice. Love how clean and spacious it is. @1:06, what are those display screens next to the windows? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-16-21, 08:35 AM	#847
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Tractors have come a long way. They truly are home on wheels. When I see todays rigs compared to some of the old flat nosed Macks that I used( was not a driver. Dispatching is my game) run local delivery in and around Baltimore, it is like night and day. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-16-21, 03:23 PM	#849
ET2SN ET2/SS Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,505 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I just wanted to remind Aktungbby of those glorious days of complete freedom on the road, when all he had to do was knock out those miles and get the trailer delivered on time.

03-16-21, 05:53 PM	#851
ET2SN ET2/SS Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,505 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Uh huh. That picture of the milk jugs totally floated over your head, didn't it.. Want to tell the class why you NEVER open the top of a jug or bottle that you find in the cab of the truck?

03-16-21, 08:16 PM	#852
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's like somebody took a classic muscle car and traded it in for a Volvo wannabe. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.

03-17-21, 03:06 AM	#853
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,014 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	Here is another outrageous example of comfort while trucking. They are pretty cool. I l love that you can take your Harley with you and unload it, should the need arise.