Caporegime
I doubt any of us would have seen him.
Night, unlit Road, dipped beams, dark clothing, oncoming car who also flashed their lights, too much going on... Its scary... And that story was a great yet wrenching read.
Is it time to ban LED Headlights
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I doubt any of us would have seen him.
Night, unlit Road, dipped beams, dark clothing, oncoming car who also flashed their lights, too much going on... Its scary... And that story was a great yet wrenching read.
Working nights lately I see this being so close to happening (often with one or both parties seemingly blissfully unaware how close a call it was) so many times it is scary - so many pedestrians do NOT approach situations where they might mix with traffic defensively in daylight never mind night time
poor use of headlights and cyclists with inappropriate lighting setups is also frustrating.Never mind most pedestrians now seem to assume they have the right of way over cars when it comes to the road and don't even bother checking under some kind of assumption it seems that they are supposedly in the right so nothing should happen... right?
EDIT: Reminds me of a few weeks back when having a lift with a friend and some traffic lights malfunctioned
everyone waiting to cross just stepped right out into the path of his car despite he was obviously approaching still at normal speed not slowing down to stop as the lights to us had been green.
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Soldato
LED lights are the best thing since slice bread.
Once you have them and if you do drive at night then you will understand.
I see way to many cars, usually with halogens with one light out or an issue with their headlights/brake lights. I have a feeling that they aren’t in a rush to fix it either, which I find mental.
Once you have them and if you do drive at night then you will understand.
I see way to many cars, usually with halogens with one light out or an issue with their headlights/brake lights. I have a feeling that they aren’t in a rush to fix it either, which I find mental.
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I dont think they offer much of a step forward from xenon in many cases. The standard LED lights on the 3 series for example are imho very poor, it's like driving with halogens that are a different colour.
That said the ones in the mini hatch are ridiculously bright but oddly the same lights on the Countryman are not.
Soldato
My car has LED day time running lights that dim when the dipped beam is put on, which are xenons.
Seems a good compromise. Rear lights are LED.
Seems a good compromise. Rear lights are LED.
So what you mean is 'i don't have led headlights'
Soldato
What I mean is what I wrote.
Soldato
I never said they were.
Caporegime
I have Led Christmas lights on the aerial of my mx5 which stay on whether the headlights are on or not.
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The adaptive multibeam LED's on the E class are amazing. I drove for 2 hours in the dark on Boxing Day and no incoming cars flashed me at all.
Compare that to when I first had my 530D and tried the automatic 'high beam assist' xenons, it was too slow to react to oncoming traffic, and so I never really used it because I didn't want to dazzle anyone. It was quicker/safer just to do it manually
Compare that to when I first had my 530D and tried the automatic 'high beam assist' xenons, it was too slow to react to oncoming traffic, and so I never really used it because I didn't want to dazzle anyone. It was quicker/safer just to do it manually
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Caporegime
Classy.
Caporegime
It was only for Christmas
Do they respond to oncoming cyclists, and pedestrians with reflective gear ?
not merc drivers as far as I know but, but I am trying to 'communicate' with motorists on my regular running route.
so has there been any recall or tsb about adjustment of these ?
beyond BMW to 'finally' recall 312,000 cars in UK over 'potentially fatal' electrical glitch
did see that Italians have to have better eye sight to drive !
Why would there be? The lights are performing as designed?
the earlier link I gave , someones had gone out of wack; and general comments across previous threads
An electrical systems failure is a rather different issue to the components/calibration of the headlights specifically.
Soldato
The LEDs on my car continue to annoy me. I might actually ask the dealer to align them down or see if I can do it myself under the bonnet despite the fact that they say they’re in spec.
The cut off is so sharp people think I’m flashing them when I’m driving over rough ground and I’m continually getting flashed by oncoming drivers. It’s driving me bonkers.
Two more things I’ve noticed as we’re deeper into winter:
The cut off is so sharp people think I’m flashing them when I’m driving over rough ground and I’m continually getting flashed by oncoming drivers. It’s driving me bonkers.
Two more things I’ve noticed as we’re deeper into winter:
- New road signs and clean cones which are a very reflective reflect back so much light it ruins my night vision/I’d even call them dazzling on country roads with no other ligh sources.
- There are quite a few tight back roads near me and in every other car I’ve ever driven when there’s an oncoming vehicle I can use my near side wing mirror to get within an inch of the verge. The dull glow of the rear lights/brake lights is enough to see the edge of the road. In my current car the view out the front is so bright my eyes aren’t really adjusting to the darkness so when I look into the wing mirror view I just see black my near side wing mirror doesn’t auto dim either so it isn’t that.
Soldato
Most definately my A4 Matrix headlamps are vastly better than the xenon's that I had on my A3. Forgive the pun but the difference is like night and day. Been driving a lot using them ovef the past week on auto high beam and not one driver flashed me. To see each LED operating is a wonder...