If it gets banned I'm sure that there will be a clause that cars made before they ban them get to keep them on! Just like tinted windows.

I just flash back several times but they don' t seem to get it--

 

'"Wow. That's a healthy number," says Mike Brownlee, former head of NHTSA's enforcement arm, now head of consultant Safety Service. "You certainly can't ignore 1,800 comments."'

Ridiculous. I hope they don't plan on basing their decision on the number of complaints. Where's the data that HIDs are dangerous for oncoming driviers? What are the number of accidents that are directly attributed to HIDs? I'm willing to bet that it will be hard to find single documented case.

 

Would you all mind if I quote some the responses here, in a comment submission to the NHTSA?

 

O.K. by me. Go for it.

 

Sorry this reply is so long, but I wanted everyone to see the reply I sent to the NHTSA.

The comments in the abstract come from an internet board of owners and enthusiasts of a car with HID headlights.
In my opinion the HID lights, properly adjusted are not offensive, nor will they create a hazard to other drivers. I own a SUV (factory headlights non-HID), motorcycle (standard headlight), four door car (standard headlights), sports car (HID headlights), so I have most of the scenario

 

Oh, but it's ok for people to drive ridiculously huge SUV's so they can see better but block the vision of other drivers.

 

Those that complain about the HID lights probably would complain about all high beams. A simple solution for those people...only drive in the daytime.

 

LOL.

 

Personally, I believe any light you look into at night is going to bother your eyes. I have light eyes so any light is a pain in the a$$. Fact of the matter is, one of the first things they teach you in drivers education is to watch the right side of your lane when lights are in your face.

Most people are dumba$$es and when they see the pretty blue light they stare into it. No $hit their blinded.

I do agree however that SUV's do cause a problem. Not from oncomming traffic, but when they tailgate you and have their lights right in your rear view. BRAKE CHECK

 

I just hope that the GOMERS that make the decisions in the end are smarter than the GOMERS that are complaining.