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Originally Posted by Mleeja
I can't comments much on the MMPs south of 466 because of my limited driving in this area at night. But what I have observed is the MMPs are not as "dark" because the landscaping has not grown up and over the MMPs. The ambient light from the street lighting illuminates the paths. The area mentioned by VC is much different! There is lots of vegetation from landscaping growing out along the MMPs. Also, on El Camino there are sections of the MMP which is less than 5 feet from the street. Oncoming cars as well as golf carts can blind you.
I don't want to get into the merits of striping again, but this is an area that could benefit by improved visibility along the MMPs be it striping or other methods.
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The problem on El Camino was that as I was coming home (towards Buena Vista), the oncoming traffic was nearest to me and low beams are dipped to the right in the USA (and all countries that drive on the right). This aimed the lights in my direction. Had I been travelling the other direction, I don't think I would have had such a problem. I wasn't aware of the right dip thing until I took my 1962 Triumph TR4 to England in the late 80s. In order to pass their Ministry of Transport (MOT) test, I had to replace my headlights with left dip versions and when I brought the car back to USA, I had to reverse the process.