redsox34 said:
txyaloo said:
DBSwooper said:
Esteban du Plantier said:
HID bulbs are bright and more and more new cars are equipped with them from the factory.
It's only going to get worse, so you better get square with it.
The toss in all the wonderful people who have non-compliant lighting for headlights, which besides being the wrong color temperature (which can appear more dazzling to some), are often diffused incorrectly or aimed wrong. Curious? TC547.3215 which references 49CFR571.108 of the FMVSS.
Does local LE ever focus on this? I never see brodozers with light bars or cars with 8k HIDs or HIDs in non-projector housings being stopped. The last few years, I've wished the state would have a "click it or ticket" type event to focus on these jokers.
pretty sure HIDs must be > 10k to be considered illegal in TX
The color temperature requirements are closer to 5500k, I don't have the conversion chart from the requirements in the FMVSS in front of me but the allowed range is much narrower than people think.
As for if local LE stopped for illegal and dangerous lighting, they have before, they might again, but I'm also doubtful that the average patrol officer would know these details. The motors guys probably do if anyone does. Call your local agency and raise hell with the traffic division, that's the only way to motivate enforcement. Illegal and dangerous lighting can, has and does cause collisions, including tinted lighting (no amount of lens tinting is legal on any of the five required lights in any of the 50 states).