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Old 02-23-2010, 10:56 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Around here, low beams are called "city lights". We only use them in the City, or when cars are coming in the other direction and you're not on the outside of a corner (We don't bother if we're on the outside of the corner, because they don't affect the other driver at all.)

Anyway, the point is that in the City, when there are street lights, headlight output is really a moot point, at least for us country folk. We can see fine w/o the lights, they're more to let other drivers/people know where we're at. That means that if they're low-beam only, I'd be worried more about making sure they were sufficient for others to see them, while still being able to light up areas that street lamps don't normally light up well enough.
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