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Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys
If I'm not mistaken, pop-ups are labled a safety hazard to pedestrians, and are not allowed on new car designs since ~2000
Anyone confirm / deny? I remember hearing something like that back when the vette changed from pop ups to fixed lights.
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I'm not sure if they are outright banned, but I've read ECE regulations (and probably other countries too) began enacting pedestrian safety laws, which restrict protruding objects from cars, which "makes it more difficult and expensive to design compliant pop-up headlamps." I can't find the link right now, but I swear I read somewhere 2005 was the year this change took effect. That makes sense, since the 2004 Corvette and the 2004 Lotus Esprit were the last two production car's with pop up headlights.