Headlight Bulbs

[jackblds]

It has been about a year or two since I read the article but believe it was in "International Traveler" magazine.....I read it on a airplane trip coming from houston, texas to seattle one afternoon....

The Year long traffic study was conducted in America, Europe (including Germany, France, Sweden,Italy) as well as Japan and China.

FACTORY Installed Xenon and H.I.D. were the only lights included in the study.....ONLY D.O.T. approved lights were included.

The following conclusions were 1 out of every 6 Head on collisions were caused by these lights....due to a 3-5 second momentary blindness. The blindness was caused from the naturally occuring incline or decline or the curvature of direction.
There is NO alignment that will correct this situation, not even the self leveling feature (this actually makes it worse).

Other consequences of these lights is....ACCELERATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.....same damage done to your eye retinas as welding without your welders helmet on....try looking into an L.E.D. Flashlight for a similar experience.


On the positive side....Highway depts are hiring temporary workers to install miles and miles of "Glare shading" to reduce the onslaught to the public.....Just think....millions of our tax dollars spent (wasted) to erect these shades when we just need to restrict these "Blinding" lights from public roads.

[Chris Smyth]

Although this thread is a bit old, I'm hoping that it's still being monitored by some of you knowledgeable owners out there. Also, my specific question/problem is somewhat off-topic.
I bought my Smart4Two in March, 2009. Since then I've replaced 5 (yes, five) low beam headlamps in, alternately, the driver side and passenger side. The first three were replaced by the dealer. The last two I replaced myself.
Has anyone else had this experience?
Chris

[saronian]

Originally Posted by Chris Smyth

I bought my Smart4Two in March, 2009. Since then I've replaced 5 (yes, five) ...Has anyone else had this experience?
Chris

My smart (new in April 2008) has had the following bulbs replaced.

15,711 miles
Replaced left High Beam Headlamp with H7 GE BP2
16,302 miles
Replaced left Tail Lamp with Sylvania 1157LL
Replaced both Low Beam Headlamps with H7 Philips X-Treme Power
26,333
Replaced both Low Beam Headlamps with H7 Philips Premium
Currently at 37,400