On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, KaWallski wrote:

> in UK all headlights reflectors (not the lenses or bulbs) would be
> designed to work in opposite ( mirror image of North America) so that
> the higher point will be to the left, not the right hand side, to
> illuminate the road signs.

Bulbs are the same, optical lenses and/or reflectors are different.

> For UK and Aus. the cars oncoming would be directly looking into the
> brighter portion of your lights if you used North American refelctors.

The UK Ministry of Transport permits US headlamps that don't have an
upsweep to the right. There are many such headlamps.

Don't prattle-on about that which you don't understand.