Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
France used to have a requirement for yellow headlights back in 1980's. I loved that as there was very little glare with oncoming traffic. I don't know if they still have that law.
France required Yellow Headlights from at least the 1940's, and only stopped requiring them around the year 2001, when Europe United. The EU requires all member nations to have standard laws. Many member counteries were forced to change laws, one of which was that France had to switch to white headlights.
When I would lease a car in France in the 1990's, I found that I could see great at night. As stated before, when the weather conditions at night are not perfect, yellow headlights allow you to "cut through the haze and fog", better than white headlights.
It never bothered me and never bothered French drivers.
I brought back Yellow H4 bulbs and installed them in my GL1500 GoldWing, and never had any kind of problems. No longer available in France. (See Below)
Although the above is about what happens in Europe, with a group controlling what you can do in another country, the same thing can happen here in this country, in that a group of do-gooders can force us to conform to what others do. One example is how the Federal Government forces states to pass laws, or the feds hold back monies from the states. This could happen with nations also.
