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Scenario: Driving in the countryside at night. Do the adaptive lights let you see off the edges of the road for animals? Kangaroos can be damn near suicidal..

Scenario: Driving in the countryside at night. Do the adaptive lights let you see off the edges of the road for animals? Kangaroos can be damn near suicidal...

kube-system 4y ago
Yeah, being in the US I have not used these headlights, but I sure hope the image in the article is a bad rendition. That beam is way too narrow.
- jve 4y ago
  They are pretty wide, don't worry. But there are other safety features for AUDI: - Night vision camera. Not sure if it will actually help - you don't watch your screen when driving. - BEEP, BEEP when approaching an invisible human/animal that is too close to car on a lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wwcU_IlwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wwcU_IlwE
  - Hamuko 4y ago
    >Not sure if it will actually help - you don't watch your screen when driving. Some cars can actually use the headlights to highlight a detected person, so you can see it out of your window. Not sure if it works for animals though. https://youtu.be/C5fl7r-E9WY?t=132 https://youtu.be/C5fl7r-E9WY?t=132
Hamuko 4y ago
It shouldn't be any worse than normal high beams, and in fact should be better, since it can still illuminate the sides of the road when there's an oncoming car, or a car driving in front of you. https://youtu.be/r3gMna26BZg?t=462 https://youtu.be/r3gMna26BZg?t=462
TheWindUpPirate 4y ago
I can't speak for all of them, but the adaptive lights I've used do keep the edges of the road lit up as if using old-style highbeams whilst dimming in the middle of the road to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. Weird at first, but super useful for country driving where there might be deer / kangaroos loitering.
terryf 4y ago
European, have these on my Volvo - they are great. In fact, they illuminate more of the side of the road than regular headlights. Basically, they split the beam into multiple sections and if it detects an oncoming car, it turns off the section that would shine towards the oncoming car, but keeps on the section that shines towards the side of the road. Another thing - if you are driving behind another car, then the headlights don't shine into the rear-view mirror of the car in front, but rather around it.

Scenario: Driving in the countryside at night. Do the adaptive lights let you see off the edges of the road for animals? Kangaroos can be damn near suicidal...

kube-system 4y ago

Yeah, being in the US I have not used these headlights, but I sure hope the image in the article is a bad rendition. That beam is way too narrow.

jve 4y ago
They are pretty wide, don't worry. But there are other safety features for AUDI: - Night vision camera. Not sure if it will actually help - you don't watch your screen when driving. - BEEP, BEEP when approaching an invisible human/animal that is too close to car on a lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wwcU_IlwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wwcU_IlwE
- Hamuko 4y ago
  >Not sure if it will actually help - you don't watch your screen when driving. Some cars can actually use the headlights to highlight a detected person, so you can see it out of your window. Not sure if it works for animals though. https://youtu.be/C5fl7r-E9WY?t=132 https://youtu.be/C5fl7r-E9WY?t=132

Hamuko 4y ago

It shouldn't be any worse than normal high beams, and in fact should be better, since it can still illuminate the sides of the road when there's an oncoming car, or a car driving in front of you. https://youtu.be/r3gMna26BZg?t=462 https://youtu.be/r3gMna26BZg?t=462

TheWindUpPirate 4y ago

I can't speak for all of them, but the adaptive lights I've used do keep the edges of the road lit up as if using old-style highbeams whilst dimming in the middle of the road to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. Weird at first, but super useful for country driving where there might be deer / kangaroos loitering.

terryf 4y ago

European, have these on my Volvo - they are great. In fact, they illuminate more of the side of the road than regular headlights. Basically, they split the beam into multiple sections and if it detects an oncoming car, it turns off the section that would shine towards the oncoming car, but keeps on the section that shines towards the side of the road. Another thing - if you are driving behind another car, then the headlights don't shine into the rear-view mirror of the car in front, but rather around it.