Edgardo Labella Banning H.I.D Lights

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Cebu City councilor Edgardo Labella has filed a proposed resolution seeking a ban on the use of extra bright headlamps on motor vehicles, saying these can cause accidents. He probably means the HID, or high intensity discharge, lamps that is the current craze among motorists.

There is no doubt the intention of Labella is good. In fact, the extra bright headlamps do produce too much glare that they can indeed be dangerous. But good intentions and valid concerns alone are often not enough to craft a law, especially one that may have many opponents.

For one, the HID lamps are quite expensive, selling for up to P10,000 per set. As such, they are considered items of luxury. Given the nature of the Filipino, that makes them the thing to have. And by common observation, many do now have the HID lamps.

To counter the expected opposition from HID users and HID sellers, who obviously must be making a killing from the current fad, Labella has to show that the extra bright lamps are in fact dangerous.

To do that, however, Labella has to produce the statistics. He must come up with the figures that show, without equivocation or doubt, that any number of accidents are directly attributable to HID lamps.

And that is where the proposed ban of Labella is likely to hit a snag, because as far as most people know, while HID lamps are in fact annoying to many motorists, there has so far been no real telling that they indeed can cause accidents.

On the contrary, many HID lamps already come actually with the cars they are on. An increasing number of car manufacturers have installed HID lamps on their newer models believing they are not only more efficient but actually safer. And that should be the voice of expertise.

It is still too early to predict the fate of the Labella proposal. But while we are on the subject of road safety, perhaps the good councilor can direct his energies against a real road menace that the city council can actually do something about.

We refer to the growing practice of motorcycle drivers to drive against traffic on the opposite lane. Legal action on this one does not require any statistics because the practice is already illegal as it is. What is needed is to compel authorities to act and do their jobs.
Source : The Freeman

What Can You say About this since most of the new model na cars have built in H.I.D Lights. Should he make a ban on H.I.D or just regulate the brightness sa H.I.D or better yet should he focus his priorities elsewhere like the driving practices sa mga motorbikes or jeepney driver that doesn't even turn on their lights. What can you guys say?

[harvz86]

lol, before cya mo propose ani why not look at also those vehicles that have no headlights? mas daghan pa na disgrasya kay di makit.an sa dalan.

he should not attack the consumers but the SUPPLIERS if he wants to ban HID lamps.

bag.o ra ba tawn ko naka palit og HID. ;D

[usrolla]

lisod kaayo ni ma hatibo ang ban oi

[iching]

ayw intawn kay sakit sa bulsa para sa nka palit... usa nk0 ani...

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Basin Pasikat rani ang iyaha. There are lotsa things better to watch out for than this H.I.D thingy like the driving habbits of jeepney driver and taxi na mukalit lang ug break wala pa gyud brake lights na nag function.

[dianeloiskie]

mao jud... let's try to compare banning HID between these

1. Cundoctor nga dili magtarong ug sukli..
2. Taripa nga tabunan ug masking tape ang part sa rates sa students ug senior citizens.
3. Jeepney drivers nga abusado, Musunod sa no stopping kung naay munaog, pero kung naay pasahero musakay, bisag tunga2 sa overpass ky muhunong
4. Taxi drivers nga wai saktong pamatasan sa karsada, maniguro lang sa ilang kaugalingon.
5. Taxi drivers nga mudemand ug plus 50 pah... mayha!
6. Jeepney Drivers nga grabe mag overload. maglisod na gani ug lingkod ang pasahero. naa pay xtensions nga 2 kabuok. Sugal sa kinabuhi styl!

-mas importante jud ang i ban ang HID kaysa ani? sure mu?

[MeMing]

this should also be taken seriously because those lights are not that eye friendly sa uban drivers intawon. kamo ra ang nalingaw anang mga headlights nga perting sakita sa mata sa uban driver sad.

[uzumaki]

there are a lot more priorities than those ones

[lestat1116]

ban HID head lights sakit kaayo sa mata. kuwang nalang dasmagan nako ang auto or motor.

[JSL]

pataka lang reklamo