The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-07

But the anti-glare problem has been
 solved, and along the lines pointed out as ideal by the Society of Illuminating Engineers. The solution is in the tilted lights of Cadillac Motor Car company
 and the Two-W Way lamps of the Lexing- ton Motor company. These lights have
 met every requirement. of the New York
 state law 100 per cent. Frank B. Ansted president of Lexington Motor company, says:f
 One of the reasons the binding glare menace has not been solved is the fail
 ure of state and government authorities to get together and urge a uniform lab l oratory and road test by such recog nized authority as the Society of Iilumi- hating Engineers, and based on the rec 1 concentrations of this body to pass a
 uniform anti-glare law.
 LIGHTS ESSENTIAL l "Headlamps, for driving at night, are just as essential as the motor itself: in i fact, more so because proper headlamps mean so much to the safety and com
 fort of drivers. passengers and pedes- 1 trians. Most methods of controlling | headlamp glare do not accomplish. in country driving, the purpose for which they are intended because they do not give sufficient light, nor, in many cases,
 eliminate glare. l "It is just as dangerous to have motor vehicles travelling the roads at night
 without proper illumination for the driver as it is to have them run with
 out lights So the problem to soive is I to give the driver the light necessary for absolutely clear vision under ordinary | circumstances. at the same time con 1 trolling the projected beam so as not ! to dazzle or blind the other users of the highway, but also in emergencies | to be able to control this beam so that when the occasion demands they may be projected upward and ahead to de- termipe road hazards.
 NEED UNIFORM ACTION What the country needs is definite, uniform action along the line I suggest, that this last undesirable feature of the automobile may be eliminated A study of the laws in some of the states show the utter lack of uniformity and the dangers of the situation.
 "Ohio, for example. provides that head lamps must be dimmed when within 600 feet of an approaching automobile Dim
 ming of lights as I have said, bears an l element of danger, especially in coun- try driving.
 Michigan provides that motor vehicles must display at least one light in front and also calls for the dimming of lights when another car is approaching One light is not sufficient on the front of
 an automobile because of possible con fusion as to the character of an ap- preaching vehicle.
 Massachusetts provides that light
 rays must not be higher than three and one-haif feet or 50 feet ahead. That is somewhat of an improvement over some Of the state laws. because if the light rays are held to that level they should not hit the eyes of the driver of an ap- preaching automobile. But the trouble has been to get the device that would do that and still disclose danger signals and hazards ahead. Who is to deter
 mine if this law is being complied with?
 How and what are his or their qualifica- tions to determine this question. New Jersey has a similar law, but it
 increases the height of the light rays to four and ne-half feet. Same fault there as in Massachusetts. New Hampshire's law is as good as worthless. It provides that the driver of an auto must dim his lights to an approaching car if he car do so without danger to his own auto. It is to avoid this that this lamp was designed to insure safety when driv- ing.
 PENN GIVES SOLUTION
 Pennsylvania has taken the longest step towards solution of the problem. it seems to me. This state provides that headlamps shall be limited to g candle power and has provided that no dazzling days of light shall at point of 75 feet or more ahead of the lamps, rise more than 42 inches above the level surface rpon which the car stands.
 An important Pennsylvania law pro vision is that the state highway com missioner is authorized to make neces- sary road ard laboratory tests to deter
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