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I think even the stock HIDs pass these tests more technically than in spirit. The sharp cutoff works OK on the flat a ways back, but doesn't help much at "normal" following distance or over hills. Way too often I see the road as my car's shadow in field of sickly bluish light.
The newer ones do seem to be getting better with softer cutoff and fewer bright spots, but they're more annoying than just the light level. It might be just me and my ~10 diopter glasses and their chromatic aberration but even modest HIDs have a headache-inducing dazzling glare.
There seems to be a bit of an arms race with lights. It's always sad/sweet when an oncoming sealed beam car dims its lights for you when it already seemed normal and the last few cars had you squinting at the fog line.
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