"new" euros...now what

[rob hod]

> >
> > I put in 80/100 Watt bulbs, and never had a problem with
> > other drivers flashing me.  And boy, are they *bright*. The
> > cutoff of the Euro lens keeps them from blinding others.
>
> Yeah, as long as both drivers are on flat roads...  but fixing that
> would be difficult indeed.

 Seconded, whilst I can see the need for Euro's, IMHO ultra bright lights
with sharp cut offs, (HID?s) are the worst combination going. I can
understand the need for great lighting at speed, but on dip? around town? at
20mph? All the time these days I'm getting distracted whilst travelling at
low speeds around town and on minor roads by sparkly white/blue lights that
are pretty much blinding if you're anywhere near them whether they're
oncoming or following you, and if you're on bumpy road, or come to that a
smooth road with maybe occasional crests, speed humps or any kind of
legitimate undulation you get a flash of the full effect.

As far as flashing people is concerned, I suppose I could do but it would be
about 1 in 3 cars at the moment and its only gonna get worse as more cars
roll of the production line with stupidly bright lights, and as for the
stuff thats behind me and pi$$ing me off, what do I do about that?

Whatever lame brain auto engineer is it that thinks they can make lights as
bright as you like so long as there's a sharp cut off? Have they ever driven
on a road, or aren't they allowed out of the lab?

 As for the driver of the vehicle itself maybe most of them don't give a
damn about other road users, but surely having so much bright light in the
nearfield in contrast to the murk just beyond that zone will mean that the
eyes cannot adjust to seeing anything is outside of the cut off range. It
all seems like macho craziness to me. Every so often someone attaches a link
to that site that talks a bit of sense along these lines, I wish I had it to
hand now ;)

</rant>

 Cheers Rob,