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minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-226 days ago square (and later, circular) Are the circular DOT headlights actually a newer regulation than the rectangular ones? I would’ve guessed that circular ones came first, if anything, considering the sorts of lights on VW Beetles and other cars designed in the 1930s and earlier.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-226 days agoI could have it the other way 'round. I wasn’t paying close attention at the time. Edit: Actually, you are right. The rectangular ones were permitted in 1974, so I did have that backwards. Corrected!
Are the circular DOT headlights actually a newer regulation than the rectangular ones? I would’ve guessed that circular ones came first, if anything, considering the sorts of lights on VW Beetles and other cars designed in the 1930s and earlier.
I could have it the other way 'round. I wasn’t paying close attention at the time.
Edit: Actually, you are right. The rectangular ones were permitted in 1974, so I did have that backwards. Corrected!