cops and their blinding headlights... hids?

[stamar]

I just ordered hids for my e30 so they were on my mind when I was driving around today.
You know how when a cop is behind you they blind you with their headlights? I had always though it was because they had hids....

it was raining today most people had their headlights on, and you could see into their housing

Checked out the sherriff, the highway patrol, and the prison system ( both van and cop car)

All Halogen headlights. they are just bright or they are in the habit of turning their brights on at stoplights. And the latter seems to be true. I always suspected that and the mystery is solved.

If they do have brighter headlights they are halogens.

your local cops may have hids but this was a state county and city cop cross section of california...

[Kumi]

im sure they are just poorly designed headlights on the american cars lol, I know they can retrofit hids on law enforcement cars unless the change the whole light to a projector housing or some other light that doesn't cause glare to other drivers. Or maybe the lights are aimed higher?

[stamar]

you can buy crown victorias, or dodge chargers with factory hids. They just dont. might be aimed higher. whatever it is its dangerous and i always want to complain.

[DaveSmed]

What crown vic ever had HIDs factory? The ONLY panther platform that had those was the Town Car and it was an option.

It's a much simpler explanation. Cops carry around a lot of shit in the trunk, so the back of the cars tend to sit a little lower throwing the headlight aim off.

[Kumi]

^Sounds logical

[u3b3rg33k]

I've never had a problem with their headlights but I always find their e-lights annoying at night, when I'm trying to see past them instead of being blinded by epically bright blue/red lights (referring to AFTER they've stopped).
same goes for overhead DOT orange message signs. put that shit in 50% brightness mode, assholes.


Somewhat related: I once saw an ambulance coming via indirect lighting (reflection from the sky / clouds) a good FIVE minutes before it went by.

[Kumi]

the newer cars that have the leds are so damn bright and intense that i can see them from miles away and then i can blink and see the flash for miles after i pas them.

[u3b3rg33k]

hey man it is good to know that you can type out a long and run on sentence yeah i totally know where you coming from brosef it annoys me as well thanks for noticing.

[stamar]

What crown vic ever had HIDs factory? The ONLY panther platform that had those was the Town Car and it was an option.

It's a much simpler explanation. Cops carry around a lot of shit in the trunk, so the back of the cars tend to sit a little lower throwing the headlight aim off.

thats a good explanation but that means theres 1 million retarded vehicles in our country blinding us for the same reason.


dodge chargers do have hids as an option, and dodge charger police cars dont have them.

did you know that ford doesnt make huge cars anymore? Dodge doesnt either thats just a band aid.

Do you know who still does make huge cars, and who the new law enforcement car company bases their law enforcement special on?

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the bmw 7 series. It is true. Watch for them.

http://www.carbonmotors.com/

[u3b3rg33k]

750i xdrive Police package?

also, WI has added flashing white lights to the tops of school buses. If you can't see a @#$*@#^$ yellow bus, are you gonna notice the little white light? No, because you're TWD/OWI/SLEEPING

[Kumi]

Sorry about the run on sentence, when im typing from my phone I dont use punctuation, Its a pain in the ass to keep switching to different keyboards.

[agent]

Do you know who still does make huge cars, and who the new law enforcement car company bases their law enforcement special on?

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the bmw 7 series. It is true.

No it isn't. They are only using the drivetrain components.

[Thizzelle]

Cops don't have HIDs in their cars, but they do tend to flick their brights on to either see your license plate better or to see if you panic which will result in you doing something stupid on the road to give them a reason to pull you over.

[stamar]

Cops don't have HIDs in their cars, but they do tend to flick their brights on to either see your license plate better or to see if you panic which will result in you doing something stupid on the road to give them a reason to pull you over.

Yes they do and I hate it! And it has nothing to do with HIDs its just they know how to blind you.

[Kumi]

I have only seen one cop car with factory hids and that is a Camaro SS, and ive been all over the united states, heck we have cop cars that would shock the rest of the country. In orange, TX they have a SRT-10 viper powered dodge ram truck, and a V8 camaro SS, in Vidor they have a Hayabussa patrol bike, in Winnie they have had a fleet of chargers for years, and in Houston they have two cop car Camaros.