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Originally Posted by 71C10SWB
....Now, that being said. Yes, LED is the new deal. HID's will phase out. Mostly due to the high cost and the difficulty packaging the HID bulbs. Plus, you block most of the light coming out of the bulb (actually called a burner) to avoid it hitting unwanted internal surfaces and causing illegal glare. THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T PUT THEM INTO REFLECTORS THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR.
There's a couple of guys on my way to work that I meet on a regular basis who have illegal HID's in their vehicles. Looks stupid, probably isn't creating a lot of useful light and if there was ever a cop who understood how to check for DOT compliance they wouldn't have them.
That's my $.02
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It would seem that it would be difficult for a policie officer to know if a light was DOT compliant. Perhaps only a DOT stamp on the outside would be enough, I'm not sure. Don't mistake that for disagreeing with you though. Something has to be done to better control what people are putting on the front of their vehicle as a light source. They may think that they can see better for all the reasons already stated in the previous posts in this thread, but their disregard for oncomming traffic should be dealt with. I too cross paths with some hot-shots with very blinding headlights. It stinks when they go by you and you can't hardly see for a few seconds.