Different is the word -- painful is another description. I feel very strongly that xenon lamps need to be filtered to reduce or eliminate the near UV output, along with a goodly amount of the blue. Having to look off the side of the road to the left or close my eyes isn't a matter of "being attracted to different lights". They hurt. They also (along with black lights) make my corneas or lens fluoresce, so I see lots of "white fog". Not cataracts, either, since I noticed this more than 20 years ago.

Blue light destroys night vision. Not a concern in city driving, perhaps, but in unlit areas, lack of night vision will severely restrict visibility no matter how bright the headlamps are. I suppose you could always use a carbon arc searchlight, but be prepared for the idiot who has one going the other way.....

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!