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the Euro beam has a sharp horizontal cutoff. While this dramatically reduces the glare to oncoming traffic (assuming it is properly aimed), it creates a sudden shift from light to darkness for the driver of the car, giving little warning to the driver as an oncoming object moves from the dark portion into the illuminated portion of the road ahead.
this is one reason why it is easy to over-drive Euro-beams, and why there is a vacuum-operated beam adjustment on the OEM brands (i would go for driving lamps to augment my Euro-beams).
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This is certainly true - at the moment my back-end is slightly low (new springs on the way) and I've noticed
with the beams on "lowest" setting just how short the viewable distance is and how sharp the cut-off is.
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Originally posted by Fimum Fit
But then, the German TÜV and the Swedish equivalent have a number of similar chauvanist quirks aimed at cars produced in North America.
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Yeah but Amercian cars are crap! :p
Mike.