But you can only drive about 10mph because you can’t see.
E-code lights were really good in the incandescent days. I got them for my wife’s ‘73 Dart. I don’t know about now.
Sounds expensive.
Yes. I am all for introducing technology, and am fine if this is an optional thing. But I will guess they will make it mandatory.
Damn it, I just want government to stay out of my effing life.
Only cost $800 to repair when they stop working.
Gee I wonder what could go wrong? This just screams “rule of unintended consequences?:
Guess I need to read up on the technology of those headlights now.
Some LED’s drive me crazy.
I had this thought pop into my head this morning on the way to work:
Why do new cars even have headlight switches? They all come with automatic headlights so why do I need a switch to select “parking lights”, “On”, “Off”, or “automatic”. I just need a switch to turn on my driving/fog lights
yea, how much is it going to cost us.
I still don’t get why people are driving in residential areas with highbeams on. I will flash them my highbeams in hopes they turn it off and they must be blind as they just keep driving on with highbeams.
Fred Upton, is that you?
It’s not high beams that are the primary issue - I mean, sure, they’re going to blind oncoming traffic. That’s known by all. But mis-aimed low beams and especially very bright LED and HID lights that are mis-aimed are the real problem.
There are simple methods of aiming headlights, but people fail to do so. And they’ll hitch up a trailer or put 1000 pounds of wood in the bed of the truck, but fail to re-aim the headlights after doing so. The result- blinding oncoming traffic.
And headlights aren’t the only issue - some of the high-intensity lighting used for storefronts and parking lots have the same effect if they’re aimed so that their bright spot shines in drivers’ eyes.
Maybe cops ought to start giving out warnings and tickets for mis-aimed headlights.
These new headlights are also exorbitantly expensive to replace eventually. 💸😒 At least my 2016 Scion iM uses 9012 (HiR2) headlight bulbs, which are not that expensive to buy.
I no longer like driving at night because many of the headlights today are so blinding that it is unbearable. The only standard for headlights now is to make them brighter. It does not matter if the oncoming traffic can see anything.
I thought that was the point?
How about just banning super bright blue spectrum, as opposed to old style yellow lights? Those super brights on low beam are worse for oncoming drivers than old lights on high beam.
Automatic dimmers take aware situational awareness and responsiveness, and they still don’t keep high beams out out of pedestrians’ faces.
And they’re expensive. More failure points. And hackable. Will there be a “smart” light exemption for old style lights?
Fact is there are far too many @$$holes now who install those superbright HIDs and LEDs. I was literally blinded via my rearview mirror on the way home last night. Some @$$ in an HD pickup. But there are also a lot of Audis around now with those super blue super brights. I’ve refrained from shooting them out so far.
I pointed this out to my kids. Yeah, LEDs are energy efficient, but you can't just replace the bulb in many of the LED fixtures today. They're part of the whole device. I asked them if the energy savings was worth the extra landfill waste.
Get the mf-ing government OUT of our lives!! Enough of their interference and meddling! Just look at what those retards did to our gas cans!!