So, a few days ago I'm going thru WV on US-19, going from I-79 down to I-77. It was getting on towards evening, and as it gradually got darker I could tell something wasn't quite right. Took me a bit, but I finally noticed - it was hard to spot with the light fading so gradually - there wasn't as much light on the road ahead of me as there should have been. By flipping the headlights on and off a few times I realized the low beams were only giving me a small patch of light directly in front of the truck. The high beams seemed to still be working, but I am *not* going to go along blinding everyone coming towards me.
It was only about 6PM when I got to the Tamarack service plaza near Beckley, but as I'd only gotten 4 hours or so sleep the night before, plus with (apparently) malfunctioning headlights, I decided to go ahead and pull in. Besides, I had plenty of time to get where I needed to go. So I found a parking place, set the brakes, and got out to see what was going on with the lights.
I was fully expecting to see something broken, and so was quite surprised when I walked around front of the truck and found both headlights apparently working. I looked a bit closer and realized what had happened - the *thickest* coating of road grime I've ever seen accumulate on a set of headlights. I mean this crap was layered on so thick it was coming off in flakes. So, after a few minutes with a bottle of glass cleaner and a bunch of paper towels I had properly working headlights again. I've seen the headlights get dirty before, but never anything even remotely this thick.
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