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>>"Most people don’t turn on their car’s headlights and think, I wish they were brighter." I guess I'm not "Most people" because I have desired more light sinc
by NikolaNovak 8y ago
>>"Most people don’t turn on their car’s headlights and think, I wish they were brighter."
I guess I'm not "Most people" because I have desired more light since I got my license.
I've installed 100w Hella Euro projector lights for straight-line distance (appropriately calibrated as to not blind incoming traffic); and replaced my foglights (not particularly useful in Toronto, Canada) with corner beams - short distance, wide spread, installed at 45 degree angle, so I can illuminate slow speed turns into dark abyss that many drivways, hwy off-ramps, or small city streets are. At night on country roads, I never ever think "well, that's enough, I don't need more light".
- ricardobeat 8y agoMany [newer] cars have 'adaptive headlights' that angle the light towards the corner you're turning into. Works pretty well.
- jacquesm 8y agoCitroen had that on the DS back in the stone age. https://www.dreamstime.com/editorial-stock-photo-citroen-ds-detail-oldtimer-headlights-wheel-gray-image52551808 https://www.dreamstime.com/editorial-stock-photo-citroen-ds-...
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoSome old cars too. Here's a discussion which indicates 1904 as possibly the earliest implementation: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/288789-first-vehicle-with-adaptive-headlights/ https://forums.aaca.org/topic/288789-first-vehicle-with-adap... This comment gave me a chuckle: The Motor Cycle.....every one ever built has at least one.
- Scoundreller 8y agoBut one more thing to break. I’ll take one order of parent’s solution that turns on and off based on steering angle.