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Cool, but my gripe is that it maybe too bright. Here in Los Angeles folks seem to be using high head-lights as if no one is driving against you...

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These are small LED strips with no reflection mechanisms. No where near as bright as the headlight, or even modern LED running lights that many cars have now.

Thanks! It just seemed that way, so hard to say.

I come from Norway and in general, it seems to me that the requirements for low beam are different in the US than in Europe. My impression is that the low beam is higher in the US. Which is really unpleasant when driving at night.

One of the first thing I've learned from my father and grand-father while they were driving is to lower the beams for oncoming vehicles, and give a little blink signal to notify incoming vehicle that hasn't lowered it. Like everyone seemed to be following this "standard" (Bulgaria, back in the 80s/90s).

Here (Los Angeles), even in well lit streets, or worse on the freeway, you may see someone with raised high-beams and just don't care. It's particulary bad, if you are in the right-most lane (freeway) that's for more than one passenger in the car.

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