• aviationeast@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    We need new regulations on headlights. 1: make soft white mandatory for non-highbeams. 2: make headlights adjustments and tests part of annual safety inspections so that the highlights on trucks do not shine directly into a sedan’s drivers eyes via the rearview mirror.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah, the problem with LEDs is that they leaned into the bright as possible approach which makes the misaligned headlights even worse than the old bulbs. They could easily make the headlights a soft light. Harsh white light was a choice.

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    LEDs aren’t the problem, it’s that they’re too bright in the forward direction. It’s perfectly possible to make normal brightness LED headlights, car manufacturers just don’t do it because bright headlights look great on the lot and sell more cars

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    Isn’t the issue largely with people retrofitting their vehicles with LED bulbs when they don’t have the correct diffused cover?

    Either way I’d rather deal with bright lights then getting murdered by the police for having a headlight out