I'm in Washington state and dude, every year they get brighter and brighter. It has to stop. We need a vehicular headlights standard communication system... You see my lights, I see your lights so we both dimm automatically. Or maybe the headlights have a side light that turns off. So if your headlight sees the light from a different car then your lights point elsewhere or the LED goes dim just for that side. Or maybe the lights synchronize and every driver wears glasses that synchronize to their light. Each car communicates the synchronization frequency. A device then polarizes the lenses of each driver such that they only see their own reflected light. Or maybe each light is on for a certain period of milliseconds at a time and the glasses then become dark when the other car's lights are on for a few milliseconds.
Just limit the light levels and require a gradual fall-off instead of the harsh line of projector headlights that blind everyone when you go over a bump. We don't need more finicky systems that make cars more expensive and increase repair costs.
They have a proven technology to fix this issue. The US is kind of late to the game.
They pretty much solve the issue of blinding other drivers.
Technology isn't always the answer. This adds more cost to the car and more maintenance cost, when the solution is to simply turn down the lights and make sure they are at the correct angle.
It's also more complicated to operate. Supposedly my car has this feature and I have no idea if it's working, but maybe I'm misunderstanding the manual.
We have a tendency to add technology and complexity to solve problems, but I've always tried to live by the saying "a good engineer knows what to leave out". Though I do still over engineer things from time to time.
Filled out. Thank you for sharing.
Is it possible to make them into signal lights? Then nobody would use them. /s
Halogens are kind of better anyway. I replaced the LED aftermarket headlights that were in my truck with normal headlights and pointed them correctly and can see way better and I think everyone else can too. I prefer the warmer light for driving compared to LED white light too
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