BG> I know the feeling quite well. Way back in 1970, I was riding
 BG> my Harley on the old Pacific Highway near Wyong, middle of the
 BG> night, no other traffic, no moon etc., and halfway around a
 BG> fast left-hander, the headlamp blew! Switched to high beam, but
 BG> it had gone as well. It was like being inside a bloody cow, and
 BG> now I know how a blind person feels. Oddly enough, when I
 BG> finally came to a screaming stop, I was straddling the
 BG> centre-line, and all I had to do was replace the headlamp, then
 BG> clean the shit off the bike's seat... 

  ROFL! I've done that with the high-beam switch and accidentally
switching off the lights. The inside of a cow is a good description.
The darkness seems to get thick and squishy. I don't think I'd like to
try it on a bike!

  I think it's worse in smoke (or fog), because you keep going at full
speed, expecting to come out of it... and 100m and 6 seconds later you
haven't got a clue which way the road went. *THEN* you hit the brakes.

Regards,
Bob
 
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