Just one more thing the government shouldn’t be involved. Of course, it is in the name of public safety. I’m old enough to see the entire government mandated seatbelt safety measures. That goes back to a time when my father bought a car with a seatbelt and demanded that us kids wore them. That was before any government mandate. You see, people can make the correct decisions on their own and the free market will provide solutions. I trust my decisions over lazy ass government employee decisions every day time and I am willing to live with the consequences when I choose poorly. I’ll call that a learning experience.
Can they be aligned to the targeting lasers?
Maybe they should revert back to candles in a glass lamp. /s
Mercedes has had these, or something similar for years.
Slightly off topic but reminds me...
Seems a lot more often these days If I am behind someone who is going slow they will pull over to let me pass....Dont think
I am riding their butt, but yet it still happens....is it my cologne?
I had a pair of Cibie Z-Beam halogen headlights back in the late ‘70s on a 1972 Porsche 911T. On low-beam, they produced a bright white pattern that shown straight in front, but with bias toward the right hand side of the road so oncoming drivers weren’t blinded.
The Z-beam pattern only applied to the low beams. On high-beams you could see into the next state, and they vaporized small animals that crossed in front of the car.
Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this.
It's not even high-beams. It's the regular-beam lights that are so bright that they hurt your eyes in daylight.
Of course, you'd have to have some sort of backup if you lost power. The BSOD at 80 mph would also be bad.
Mercedes Benz has had these for years. High beams come on when the car detects no oncoming headlights.
Expensive when you purchase the vehicle and astronomical when you must replace them.
Yup. big time light up your wallet. Wonder what that bit of lobbying cost?
Camera sensors and computers help determine where the light should go.
Let me know how this works out and how long they last and how much it costs to replace them when they fail.
How effective are they after 5 years of exposure to UV?
If you’re reading this, you KNOW what I’m referring to.
There will be a hot aftermarket of standard halogen downgrades, assuredly.