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Posted By y_soitenly 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsYou're driving at night, 'round a bend and — ouch!
— you're staring down the barrel of high-caliber headlights boring right
at you. Some creep left on the high beams, you grumble. But no, those are too
bright, too white, almost blue, like an iceberg. What the heck are those lights?
Can that much glare be legal? Isn't it unsafe? The lights are xenon-gas-ignited,
high-intensity-discharge (HID) headlights, often known simply (and incorrectly)
as xenon (ZEE-non) headlights. They are wildly popular with some motorists,
and, if properly aimed, they are quite legal.
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"From a driver's standpoint, they're the greatest thing since sliced bread. The drivers who have them aren't complaining about them. They light up the road markings much better," says David Van Sickle, director of auto and consumer information for the motorists' organization AAA.
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