BY MATT STROUD AND PAUL BINDON
As you are driving one evening, you round a corner, and all of a sudden you are blinded by bluish-white beams piercing the dark. Have you come face to face with a UFO? A 747’s landing lights? The entrance to the Pearly Gates? No, you have just witnessed high intensity discharge (HID) lighting at its finest.
Today, HID lighting seems to be installed in all kinds of vehicle makes and models. It used to be only in high-end BMW or Lexus models, but now it is in that multicolored 1985 Honda Civic, truck accessory lighting, and motorcycles. You might even have it installed on your fire apparatus as floodlights.
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