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From: peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Car headlights
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Date: 16 Dec 89 21:54:06 GMT
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In article <25070@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
> headlights.  On low beam, they are about as powerful as ordinary headlights,
> but on high beam they put out a lot more light.
>
> BTW, they are illegal for on-road OR OFF-ROAD use in CA.  But you can
> buy them at local auto accessories shops.  (You gotta install them yourself.)

Perhaps there is a good reason for them to be illegal?  You might not
care if you are blinding oncoming drivers, but if they run into you
head on it might ruin your day.

Maybe you should wait until cross-polarized windshields and headlamps
are available on all cars before you go replacing your primary headlamps.
I personally find "normal" halogen lamps, when properly aimed, very
effective--and I'm driving nasty Pennsylvania mountain roads with deer
all over the place (a few less deer as of this week!!).

Paul