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| US to allow adaptive beam headlights on new cars (Page 1/2) |
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Quadfather
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FEB 17, 04:02 PM
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olejoedad
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FEB 17, 04:37 PM
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Most new car put more light on the road than is needed by the driver when traveling at posted speed limits.
Why does one feel they need 150 mph headlights when the speed limit is 55 on most non-interstate highway roads?
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pmbrunelle
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FEB 17, 09:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
Why does one feel they need 150 mph headlights when the speed limit is 55 on most non-interstate highway roads?
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The more is better attitude.
Disregard for other road users.
Unwillingness to slow down at night.
Bright 5500K LEDs are a status symbol, allowing consumers to flaunt that they have enough cashflow to support a certain car payment.
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Halogens were fine and didn't need changing.
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hyperv6
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FEB 17, 09:41 PM
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Headlights just went from $1400 to $4100 dollars.
We should have good lights but so many people want LED for the status more than anything else.
I went from HID to LED in my new Acadia and to be honest not that big of a deal. They don’t really light up more than my Halogens. In my Canyon.
People today complain about good lights and never drove a sealed beam 6 volt car to see what bad lights were.
The best I had were aircraft landing lights in the high beams of my Chevelle. They were more for fun than anything. I would turn them on, on a cool night and have people feel the heat 6/feet away.
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Wichita
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FEB 18, 11:29 PM
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Next would be the acceptance of using cameras in replacement of side and rearview mirrors.
Currently cars in the US still have to have a side mirror. Technically I believe it is only the driver side, but many state laws require both side mirrors.
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reinhart
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FEB 19, 06:19 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Wichita:
Next would be the acceptance of using cameras in replacement of side and rearview mirrors.
Currently cars in the US still have to have a side mirror. Technically I believe it is only the driver side, but many state laws require both side mirrors.
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Yes many older cars only had a driver's mirror. I know some old Toyotas and such.
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hyperv6
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FEB 19, 12:28 PM
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If you have not driven with rear view cameras you need to be aware that it takes time to adapt to them.
With a mirror you focus on the image that is being reflected not the mirror. With a camera you must focus on the image in the mirror not the image on it.
This natural reaction takes time to unlearn. I have a rear view camera on the inside mirror and it works as a screen or a mirror. We tried the camera but it is back to the mirror as the wife did not like it.
Just one of those things you don’t know till you live with it. I expect many will complain but they will adapt in time. There will be no choice but adapt
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WKDFIRO
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FEB 19, 09:05 PM
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To fully utilize the adaptive headlights to the full potential there would be many modifications that would have to be done to a car made in, say 1987. Adaptive headlights are getting information from the car's cameras to "see" cars in front of them and steering input to look around corners. Lights adapting to the speed of the car would also have to have the needed computers to know how fast the car is going to adjust the headlights further down the road. Which also sounds like it would be blinding people anyways. It would be the equivelent of putting on ABS on our Fieros. Sure, you could but there would be a whole hell of a lot stuff to add on and change out.
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theogre
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FEB 19, 11:02 PM
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Adaptive beam and more are going to be High $ Options AND High $ Repairs When, Not If, they fail. Worse then just OE HID assemblies in last 20 years...
Even now, you damage most basic "dumb" aero HL expect to spend Hundreds of $ to replace just 1 side.
Newer cars w/ DRL, True HID, LED, Auto Level, etc. can cost $700 $1000 or more to replace 1 HL assembly.
A Minor Wreck that just breaks easy to fix parts often costs $1000 to 3000 even when body shops can get used parts. Many cases you can't find used parts. Other times like Tesla makes it near impossible to use many used parts.
Is a Big part of Reasons why I keep "Full Coverage" Car Insurance after a loan ends.
| quote | Originally posted by Quadfather:
The article is about new cars, but would the technology be adaptable for older models? |
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No.
But many morons will sell an "upgrade" to fools to make easy money that will Blind other drivers and often have other problems same way they did and still doing with crap HID and LED "upgrades."
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Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)
The Ogre's Fiero Cave[This message has been edited by theogre (edited 02-20-2022).]
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Mickey_Moose
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FEB 21, 03:10 PM
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We have a 2014 Grand Cherokee that had the adaptive headlights as well as auto levelling - our 2018 however only has the auto levelling as it seems they did away with the adaptive for some reason.
The headlights were $1200 (CAD) to replace on the 2014, I suspect they cost the same on the 2018 even without the adaptive control, just because.  lol[This message has been edited by Mickey_Moose (edited 02-21-2022).]
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