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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by TomMarius on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:11AM (#24046853)
Not just "new cars" - a 2001 car that I drove had xeons with the leveling already mandatory. And it's checked at the bi-yearly technical inspection, and the police can forbid you to drive the car further if it's not working and they catch you (not sure if all around EU, definitely in Czechia and Germany).
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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by usrusr on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @03:12AM (#24047497)
And with all that fancy auto-leveling and auto-dipping they have snuck in a massive increase in practical brightness levels which is extremely blinding to those for whom the systems don't auto-dip.
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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by TomMarius on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @03:44AM (#24047648)
The worst are trucks (like mass cargo, not Ford F), they have the headlights placed way too high and usually drive with high beam always on.
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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by richthegeek on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:44AM (#24048290)
From experience in Cyprus, they don't care even a little bit over there.
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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by muro on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:29AM (#24048528)
Xenon, not Xeon :)
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Re:Why is America stuck with bad headlights? by xxs on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:04AM (#24047737)
Pretty much all the EU; although the 1st three years after new car purchase there is no technical inspection.
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