Thomas Reed

@CAWguy @Viss There are two competing needs in my area related to this. One is a need for bright lights to see the many large animals that like to cross the road at night, such as elk, moose, and bears.

However, the other is a need to not get blinded by oncoming traffic so you have absolutely no chance of seeing those animals in your lane.

I think a nice compromise would be dimmer “normal” lights and brighter “brights” for when nobody is in front of you.

Dec 16, 2024 at 1:29amWeb
Show threadVissDec 16, 2024
@thomasareed @CAWguy tech exists to detect oncoming cars and dim the region theyre in
Show threadThomas ReedDec 16, 2024
@Viss @CAWguy My car even has something similar to that, but it only works if my lights are set to “auto,” and I prefer my lights to be on all the time. It also takes forever to decide there’s no longer a car in front of you.
Show threadVissDec 16, 2024
@thomasareed @CAWguy there are newer cars that have LED matrices instead of one huge bulb, so they can literally create a dim spot to trace opposing traffic as it moves. not sure which cars that stuff actually lives in tho. audi i think?
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 16, 2024

@Viss @thomasareed @CAWguy Well, curve headlights are almost as old as I am but for the most part the adjustment of lights is still done by a servo motor moving aboit the reflector, not the LEDs or bulbs themselves.

It's just that there is no hard law re: headlights to prevent #CleanDiesel-like #cheating!

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] *nodds in agreement* so many assholes nowadays seem to be tacidly unaware that their regular headlights are blinding other drivers worse than if I pop in the brightest, street-legal lamps in my car and drive with highbeams all the time. - This is why @[email protected] and @[email protected] / @[email protected] / #KBA need to fuckibg step- up their game and demand that headlights under no circumstances must have more then 0° elevation *AND* have a maximum installation height if 25cm above ground ob any car with *no exceptions - even retroactively*!

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Show threadThe ol' tealeg 🐡Dec 16, 2024
@Viss @thomasareed @CAWguy they’re an option (in Germany) on VW ID models. I’d bet Audi and Skoda have that option too.
Show threadThomas ReedDec 16, 2024
@Viss @CAWguy That does sound pretty cool, if it works.
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 16, 2024

@thomasareed @CAWguy @Viss that innovation is called "Highbeams" and on any car I've sat in it's on the same selector stick on the left side of the steeribg collumn with the indicators:

Just push it forward to wactivate and pull up to deactivate.

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113661025920676248

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] *nodds in agreement* so many assholes nowadays seem to be tacidly unaware that their regular headlights are blinding other drivers worse than if I pop in the brightest, street-legal lamps in my car and drive with highbeams all the time. - This is why @[email protected] and @[email protected] / @[email protected] / #KBA need to fuckibg step- up their game and demand that headlights under no circumstances must have more then 0° elevation *AND* have a maximum installation height if 25cm above ground ob any car with *no exceptions - even retroactively*!

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Show threadThomas ReedDec 16, 2024
@kkarhan @CAWguy @Viss I’m not recommending use of an existing car feature as a solution. I’m saying that the normal headlights need to be dimmer than these extremely bright LEDs, but the “brights” or “high beams” need to continue to be very bright.
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 16, 2024

@thomasareed @CAWguy @Viss Granted, the solution is to use #LEDs in #bulbs and mandate properly adjusted and adjustable lights that don't blind people.

  • That is perfectly possible to do, it's just not wanted, because #AntiRepairDesign in terms of #LED #headlights is more profitable when manufacturers can charge 4+ digits for an entire lamp vs. at max. € 250 for a cerfified LED-bulb or less than €50 for a matched pair of Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited, which are the brightest bulbs that I can shove into my Corsa D without recertifying the setup.

But yeah, to me it seems as if too many people constantly use highbeams all the time and in modern #superUselessVehicles one doesn't notice due to automatically & electrically dimmed mirrors and the fact that said cars nowadays have their front lights above the height of the rear window of a regular compact hatchback...

  • IOW said cars are purposefully designed to be "lighting incompatible" to any other car!

The #Enshittification of the #car is a major problem and also a reason most modern cars are now €50k+ MSRP and it's impossible to find anything that is legally a car for under €10k and extremely hard for under €25k...

Show threadFrank Hightower 🐁Dec 16, 2024
@thomasareed @CAWguy @Viss I don't trust drivers in my area with that. We can literally be facing one another, stopped, less than a car-length away, and they will NOT lower their high beams