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by vkou 2349 days ago
There are, but they regulated wattage, not luminosity.

An old crummy incandescent bulb in a 90s civic will produce a lot less light at the same wattage, than a new, super-bright LED.

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That's stupid. I think when these laws were made wattage was a good proxy for luminosity. It should be updated.