Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:07:57 -0700
Reply-To:     DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
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From:         DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
Subject:      Re: CHEAP Headlamp upgrade?
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>  > "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently
>>  seeking comments about glare produced by lamps mounted on the front of
>>  vehicles for nighttime use. These lamps include: lower and upper beam
>>  headlights, fog lamps, driving lamps and auxiliary lower beam headlights.
>
>Does this mean they will finally wise up and accept e-code as the better
>alternative to DOT headlight requirements?  We can all certainly hope so.

Only if we *tell* them to do this.

Government officials aren't automotive experts, they're
administrative experts. I suggest writing them and to tell them:

1. Adopt the e-code standards for headlights that Europe has used for decades.

2. Require the same stringent glare standards for HID lamps as for
the e-code lamps.

3. Consider all "driving" or "auxiliary" white lights to the front as
high-beams and disallow them under conditions similar to high beams.
(This is already the case in Canada, I believe.)

4. Disallow blue (or any other color) replacement bulbs for all headlights.

Dave
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Dave Carpenter

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