Headlight Glare

[johnydep]

I was going to post this in the Territory section because there has been mention of upgrading head lights, but this is more a Pub subject.

Over the past several weeks I have noticed an increase in vehicles with lights that dazzle; I thought it was just older vehicles with sagged rear suspensions but on closer inspection have found it to be newer vehicles as well.

Originally I thought that owners had changed the globes to a higher wattage, until yesterday when I received a sales brochure for vehicle lighting. It shows various globes with benefits like; 'blue light, crystal clear, whiter', etc. One globe, the Philips CrystalVision Globe had a note; ‘Not approved for road use’.

Is it possible that there has been a hard sell to the public and people are changing their standard globes with these so called 'better globes? Are these types of globes causing the glare or is it the cheap 2$ shop ones? Are ADR compliance rules being broken?
There are a lot of companies offering 'better globes' and driving lights, but how do we know if they are safe & legal?

Some of the newer HID lights seem to be giving a dazzle effect also, I like these lights and once admired them but now it seems that some of the newer vehicles have a problem with glare.
There are a few articles about HID glare problems, here is a link to one such article; Blinded by the light

Here is a scan of the flier;