Re: Carello's -- was Headlight Buzzer

[Bruce Blair <bblair@domain.elided>]

You guys must have missed my treatise on E-Code headlamps a couple of
months ago.

My importing/distributing company specialized in automotive lighting.

We paid lots of bucks to an automotive lobbyist in Salem Oregon to help
get E-Code headlamps legalized in the Northwest.
Oregon was the first state to legalize them,  followed closely by
Washington, in 1977 or 1978.  
They were legalized by adopting the Canadian Standards (CSA) as an
alternative to the SAE standards, arguing that since they found it
perfectly acceptable for E-Code headlamps to be used in Canada as well
as the SAE lamps, it would be fine for their southern neighbors as well.
There are still portions of the relative Washington law (RCW 46.37) and
WSP rules that I remember helping to write back in those days.

Bruce Blair
Seattle WA

Tony Sims wrote:
> 
> >Scott Fisher wrote:
> >
> >Because I live in Oregon, which in many pleasant ways
> >seems to be less brain-dead in its automotive
> >regulations than many if not most other states in the
> >Union, Euro-code headlights appear to be legal here,
> >so I don't have to worry about jackbooted thugs
> >confiscating my Carello or Hella or Cibie headlamps
> >after I get them installed.
> 
> I'm not sure non-DOT headlights are legal in our fair state, I think they just
> fall into the "not important to enforce" category -- along with the "keep left
> except when passing" law, the "only 2 headlights when approaching oncoming
> vehicles" (i.e. no fog/driving lights on in the city) law, and the noise
> regulations that would force Harley-farts to have mufflers just like the sport
> bike riders must-- so we take the good with the bad.  You might get dinged if
> you're ever stopped and the officer decides to write up a vehicle inspection,
> but that's unlikely to happen unless you combine a bad attitude AND a burned
> out light or 3.  I've had Hella's in every round-light car I've ever owned and
> nary a problem in 25 years (I've been driving for 25 years? Man I'm old!).
> 
> Check out http://www.highwoodalfa.com/ , they list Carello's for LHD cars.
> Not sure if they're into export shipping.
> 
> Cheers
> Tony
> 74 GTV
> 
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