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LOL, Patrick... you're not that old are you? Seriously, yeah, I remember having a headlight dim switch on the floor of an old Chevy I once had when in college.
Oh yes. A old 11+ past the official senior age.
All the cars I had used the excellent floor dimmer headlamp switch until sometime in the '70s I believe when the US cars and most imports changed back to steering column mounted method the the European cars used. It was an "in" thing, but actually just a cheaper method I believe.
A friend's Volvo of that era had the column mounted dimmer stick but the high beam momentary flasher had been disconnected (he fixed that!!) as it was deemed to be too dangerous and distracting. Just as flashing turn signals were in some places.
They sure didn't engage their brains or logic with that decision!!!
And including a video display that somehow passes as being safer than some handheld device. Go figure, but I'm sure not condoning the use of either potentially distracting devices.The dash looks like it's from an airplane cockpit!
Anyway, I'm getting a bit OT here and better get the wheels back on the Mac tracks.
EDIT:
For those interested with photo:
http://cnynews.com/baby-boomer-alert-who-remembers-the-floor-dimmer-switch-in-our-cars/
- Patrick
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