> AFAIK, at the moment there are no limits on how bright your headlights can
> be, at least not at the Federal level. Headlights are no longer required
> to be "DOT approved". They are supposedly considering limits, to keep from
> blinding other drivers ...
Not true. There's definite limits on how many candelas headlights can
throw down the road. If I had a few more minutes I'd go look it up.
The problem is that the DOT has always been obsessed with throwing
enough light *up* to illuminate overhead signs and the like, so the
DOT-mandated beam patterns always throw a fair amount of light at
oncoming drivers.
The ECE beam patterns tend to throw far less light above the lens
centerline than US lights do.
John.
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