My wife's Acura TL has HID headlights. The HID light pattern is closer to e-code than old DOT and they are insanely bright. When cresting a hill or incorrectly aimed HID headlights will blind oncoming traffic, but otherwise the beam cutoff is below the oncoming driver's eyes. The one side of HID that is not often not talked about is they put so much light so close to the car that your eyes adjust to the bright light and will not see much beyond the low beams. This, and the color of light actually hurts night time depth perception. HID is a case of too much of a good thing being.. just too much, like LED retina-burner strobing brake lights and turn signals. 2008/12/2 Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>: > Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> writes: > >> For high wattage bulbs you want e-codes or you'll blind oncoming >> traffic with the scattered DOT low beams. > > Is that why new cars with their projector-lens HID lights seem so d*mn > bright in on coming traffic, even on low beam? > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL >
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