We had a '14 Honda Accord Hybrid.
It had an early design of LED headlights... two LEDs, side by side, for the driving lamps and a huge HID high beam. The LEDs had a real nice pattern with good cut off so it would not blind anyone.
Many people, who are used to counting dots not whether they are being blinded or not, would flash their lights at us, as if we were driving with the high beams.
Sure enough, just ONE flash of the HID High Beams welcomed them to the 21st century.
You speak as though manufacturers should be seen as making good choices.
Sure, some have self levelling mechanisms but they still blind you when the car is coming over a crest, and so is angled above you. Many manufacturers still make poor choices when it comes to the future of automotive lights.
People complained long ago when halogen bulbs came into use. I think most people are willing to be reasonable in this compromise situation. Perhaps it's unfair to expect people to accept the "21st century", when lights exist that are a danger to them.
Sure, some have self levelling mechanisms but they still blind you when the car is coming over a crest, and so is angled above you. Many manufacturers still make poor choices when it comes to the future of automotive lights.
People complained long ago when halogen bulbs came into use. I think most people are willing to be reasonable in this compromise situation. Perhaps it's unfair to expect people to accept the "21st century", when lights exist that are a danger to them.
It seems to me that self the dipping headlamp system idea does not work. Two cars approaching each other, one on main /full beam (self dipping), one on dipped beam. The main/full beam driver blinds the dipped beam driver long before the dipped beams trip the main/full beams to reset to dipped. As a result, I now drive on full beam nearly all the time and wait for the opposing drivers lights to dip before I dip mine. Equality is reinstated, both drivers are partially blinded.
I've also bought a pair of polarized yellow tinted driving glasses. They seem to work well, though do take a bit of getting used to.
I've also bought a pair of polarized yellow tinted driving glasses. They seem to work well, though do take a bit of getting used to.
I've been noticing how the advertising industry is picking on women more than ever.
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Up to zero percent leaks.
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Make-up for the real you.
It seems women are able to twist an honest compliment from their husband into an evening long argument, but they don't seem to be concerned about being called stupid by the advertisers.
Buy more, save more.
Up to zero percent leaks.
Up to zero percent feel.
Make-up for the real you.
It seems women are able to twist an honest compliment from their husband into an evening long argument, but they don't seem to be concerned about being called stupid by the advertisers.
It's just one of my favorite Sat N. Live skits, along with Chris Farley's 'Motivational Speaker' skit, in a van, down by the river.
' Make up for the real you' is sort of a left-handed approach, right?
Fire away Cal, I'll be here all week.
' Make up for the real you' is sort of a left-handed approach, right?
Fire away Cal, I'll be here all week.
The lights on that Accord were designed just fine... notice how I noted the cutoff... If anything, they were better at controlling the glare than halogens and HIDs. 99% of all people did not bother.... and my driving is either on city streets or freeways... so it's not like a two lane road with up and down stretches in a dark place.
LED street lamps are an interesting example of the way LEDs source size to brightness ratio and directivity and bandwidth is being handled incorrectly. For example they don't have sides on the reflector bodies, relying on LED directivity alone.
Even the sign on the footpath here alerting to the speed camera ahead, is unreadable..
Even the sign on the footpath here alerting to the speed camera ahead, is unreadable..