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Originally Posted by Poochie
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Originally Posted by Poochie
Here in the US, since the early '90s, headlight glare is the number one complaint to the highway safety department, consistently, every year.
So the federal government is understandably very cautious in approving a technology that could possible increase the issue and further upset their constituents. They even specifically cited that this is reason for this delay in embracing smart headlights technology.
I predict the technology will eventually reach federal approval but it's going to take a lot of red tape to break through before we get there but until then, those of us that live on the fringes are still going to circumvent the law and code them in anyways.. 
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This is so wild though. I have never had a glare problem here in Germany. Most cars here have either Xenons or some variation of it, so most cars have blue tinted headlights. I'm not sure what the difference is, but even with the "smart headlights" you will not get blinded at night. Honestly, this might a more of a problem of poor driver etiquette and poor road worthiness of cars (not having stringent TUV). Not saying we have perfect cars here, but I just haven't seen this problem. |
I'm not 100% certain the Anti-Dazzle feature is completely glare-free, it's pretty effective but there are instances where it can be a nuisance to fellow motorist, such as around a bend or curve, where the camera/sensor responsible for the beam separation isn't yet capable of adapting to these situations.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-34878016.html
The US regulatory bodies on automotive lighting stance on smart headlights is if it's not broken, then why try to fix it..
The video below pretty much summarizes their POV on the technology:
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Originally Posted by Poochie
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Originally Posted by A6bullet
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Originally Posted by Poochie
Here in the US, since the early '90s, headlight glare is the number one complaint to the highway safety department, consistently, every year.
So the federal government is understandably very cautious in approving a technology that could possible increase the issue and further upset their constituents. They even specifically cited that this is reason for this delay in embracing smart headlights technology.
I predict the technology will eventually reach federal approval but it's going to take a lot of red tape to break through before we get there but until then, those of us that live on the fringes are still going to circumvent the law and code them in anyways..
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This is so wild though. I have never had a glare problem here in Germany. Most cars here have either Xenons or some variation of it, so most cars have blue tinted headlights. I'm not sure what the difference is, but even with the "smart headlights" you will not get blinded at night. Honestly, this might a more of a problem of poor driver etiquette and poor road worthiness of cars (not having stringent TUV). Not saying we have perfect cars here, but I just haven't seen this problem. |
I'm not 100% certain the Anti-Dazzle feature is completely glare-free, it's pretty effective but there are instances where it can be a nuisance to fellow motorist, such as around a bend or curve, where the camera/sensor responsible for the beam separation isn't yet capable of adapting to these situations.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-34878016.html
The US regulatory bodies on automotive lighting stance on smart headlights is if it's not broken, then why try to fix it..
The video below pretty much summarizes their POV on the technology:
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My last car a 340i, anti dazzle was coded. I can't recall one instance that another driver flashed me because of high beams.