Is it time to ban LED Headlights

[lordrobs]

I dread being "flashed in" by a modern truck - higher specification Scania's especially - the LED lights are truly blinding - my own 23 plate model doesn't have them, and to be fair the lights are great.

Which makes me wonder why bother with LED's at all? They are imo too much.

What I don't get is the trucks with perfectly decent headlights... Plus another dozen over the cab, plus another half dozen on a chrome bumper bar. Seriously, what is the need?!

Maybe it's to counteract the neon Arsenal emblem reflecting off the inside of the windscreen...

 

[Scania]

What I don't get is the trucks with perfectly decent headlights... Plus another dozen over the cab, plus another half dozen on a chrome bumper bar. Seriously, what is the need?!

Maybe it's to counteract the neon Arsenal emblem reflecting off the inside of the windscreen...

I've often wondered this myself, and how they manage to drive at night and see correctly with all the neon signs is beyond me!

 

[bigmike20vt]

The weird thing is (so much so maybe i am wrong) but i thought it was illegal to drive at night with foreign light sources in your cabin, because it messed up your external vision.

ie so you are not meant to drive with your passenger with a light on reading or what ever.

i guess i must be wrong on that otherwise 50% of lorry drivers would be stuffed.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Professional drivers.... "Kings of the road"

 

[Kenai]

The weird thing is (so much so maybe i am wrong) but i thought it was illegal to drive at night with foreign light sources in your cabin, because it messed up your external vision.

ie so you are not meant to drive with your passenger with a light on reading or what ever.

i guess i must be wrong on that otherwise 50% of lorry drivers would be stuffed.

Dispelling the myth: Is it illegal to drive with interior car lights on?

For generations now, many drivers have believed that driving with your car’s inside lights on is illegal, but it’s actually a myth. It’s common for vehicles to have some kind of interior light, which is often called dome or courtesy light. These are typically found on the ceiling of your...

www.driving.org

 

[bigmike20vt]

whilst I know it's true cars have interior lights... that doesn't mean that much. they also have cup holders but (in the UK) technically it's illegal to drink (or eat) and drive as well .

that said i stand corrected and I did suspect as much.

arguably there should be legal limits of amount of lights inside a moving car. hard to legislate however.

btw that link is spot on. thinking about it it was my parents who told me that likely when I was mucking about with the in car lights or torches etc

 

[jpaul]

stupid Iphone running carplay seems to dim it's screen to near nothing at nightime, so I guess it's compliant with the myth,
I need to access it as well as the touch screen for music/map apps without full functionality on the vehicle screen
will be exploring some of the options here https://www.reddit.com/r/CarPlay/comments/qzwhqc/automatic_screen_dim/

Mokka-e first modern suv I'd driven in years had nice led lights/midnight-sun, with obvious cut-offs so it wasn't blinding anyone, the advantage of height.

e: stupid Audi has interior light about 6000K - should have interior lighting option like red october ?