# Are driving lights street legal **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077 "2013-01-23T05:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077/21 "2013-01-25T02:20:44Z")
Maybe moving away from sealed beams was a bad idea. Provided they were aimed correctly, one car had headlights just as good as another one, and the lenses were glass so they didn’t cloud up like the plastic junk, and at any rate were replaced periodically with the rest of the lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077/22 "2013-01-25T18:09:40Z")
I had the grounding wires tested and those are fine too, im out of ideas. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077/23 "2013-01-25T18:16:28Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:3, topic:648077”] Perhaps it’s just me, but those driving lights – and white fog lights – often blind me worse than the high beams in oncoming cars. Please oh please wire them to your high beams. [/QUOTE] +1. So you aren’t alone. If the lights make it easier for you to see but much harder for the guy speeding toward you at 70 MPH to see, are you more or less safe? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077/24 "2013-01-25T18:20:27Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > +1. So you aren’t alone. > > If the lights make it easier for you to see but much harder for the guy speeding toward you at 70 MPH to see, are you more or less safe? If anyone has advice on what aftermarket auxillary lights will act like a pair of non blinding decent low beams I am all ears. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-driving-lights-street-legal/648077/25 "2013-01-25T18:40:57Z")
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