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Old 01-16-2012, 12:50 AM   #14 (permalink)
redpoint5
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...Headlamps are designed by computers SPECIFICLY for the hotsopt of the bulb that is in them. PERIOD.
I forgot that headlights had not been invented until after the advent of computers.

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you could double your mpg and it'e still ILLEGAL and UNSAFE.
I feel a bit of deja vu here; as if we have had this discussion before. Your pet peeve must be those jerks on the highway with purple HIDs that blast your rearview mirror. It annoys me too...

You bring up a good point about legality. It's something that doesn't concern me so much, but probably does others. LED bulbs have the same problem of legality as well.

The second point that it is unsafe is only true if the HIDs are implimented in an unsafe manner, which is very subjective. I have increased safety on my motorcycle by using HIDs, and LEOs have not written me a citation for them in years of riding.

I suggested HID because LEDs at half the lumens seems unsafe to me. Further, I suggested they not be implimented haphazardly, but thoughtfully.
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