L4sBotNov 22, 2023

Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.

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Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help. - Lemmy.World

Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

Show threadKissaki

In IIHS’ latest tests of car headlight systems, fewer than half (43%) earned a good rating. […] “Vehicles that earn a good rating for visibility in our tests have 23% fewer nighttime pedestrian crashes than those that rate poor.”

That’s a lot of room for improvement without new technology.

Nov 22, 2023 at 6:57amWeb
Show threadCmdrShepardNov 22, 2023
Europe actually has incredible adaptive headlight technology that AFAIK was illegal in the US up until very recently. It’ll be great to see this rolled out here as it’s better for everyone.
Show threadNTNUNov 23, 2023
Do we? I think they’re really annoying, blinding the shit outta me, then finally adjusting correctly just right before we pass each other.
Show threadBearOfaTimeNov 22, 2023

We have the tech, what needs to improve are regulations based on performance instead of tech.

That would leave room for innovative design that achieves the performance requirements.

Show threadOokami38Nov 22, 2023
I’m curious what their “good” rating entails. Hopefully not just brighter lights, that just makes oncoming traffic blind. That could end up being more dangerous overall, even if it’s not the car with “good” headlights doing the killing. Realistically, if you’re going to walk at night somewhere there are cars, wear a light, high vis vest, reflectors, SOMETHING.