"X" mark of headlights seen on the circuit!What does it mean?(Page 1/2)

サーキットで見かけるヘッドライトの「×」印！ いったい何の意味があるのか？ | 自動車情報・ニュース WEB CARTOP

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　TEXT: 藤田竜太　PHOTO: WEB CARTOP

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　When participating in a circuit driving party, x mark taping may be performed with vinyl tape to headlights and lights.What is that for???

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　Taping to lights such as lights is called a "scattering prevention tape", and it is used to prevent the light lens from splattering when running, contact with other cars, or when hitting a tire barrier or crash pad., One of the rules for circuit driving.

　The current car is the mainstream headlights, but a long time ago, glass lenses were common.If such glass lenses are scattered in a course with contact or crash, other cars may step on them to damage the tires, the coursemanial for recovering cleaning may be injured, and it is time to collect them.It will be.In order to eliminate such risks and effort, it was ruled for the purpose of preventing the lens from scattering by attaching tapes to the lights in advance.

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　However, as mentioned above, the spread of resin lenses, most of the time, there are still circuits and driving events that do not require a "scattering prevention tape".

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