But regardless, it's a poorly designed law that was freighted right through legislation. The problem isn't with the bulbs or how many lumens they emit, the problem is 18 year olds that want bright headlights and then try to install these kits themselves without properly aligning the headlights ... or by buying JDM headlight housings which, since the Japanese drive on the left side of the road, project the left headlight upwards, just like American headlight housings project the right (the outer) headlight upwards slightly.

That is the problem, poor alignment. There is no fault with the bulbs or the technology themselves. So instead, they've now made nearly all aftermarket headlight technology illegal in one fell swoop.