TBH i thought all DRL's were LEDs.I don't think its helped by a lot of newer cars having fully-lit instrument panels all the time either. My Leon actually dims the instrument lighting as it gets darker as a pointer to turn the headlights on (although it has auto lights anyway) but I imagine most cars don't.
I still lay the blame entirely with the driver though, they should know what the lights do and when to use them.
The failure for faulty DRLs would be more useful if it was extended back a few years to cover vehicles using halogen bulbs, I see quite a lot of cars (especially Ford Kugas and Vauxhall Astras for some reason) with one DRL out. They really should have mandated that DRLs also be LED in the first place.
Nah, my old A4 had halogen DRLs.TBH i thought all DRL's were LEDs.
TBH i thought all DRL's were LEDs.
You'd think so because it seems obvious they should be, but lots of manufacturers were using halogen bulbs until recently. Even the likes of Audi and BMW etc had halogen DRLs if you didn't opt for upgraded headlight options.
Its seems car manufacturers are in no great rush to change over to leds, otherwise they would have used them from the start. Slightly off topic, but i wish all cars with DRL's turned them off on the side thats indicating.
The fully adaptive lights on the C63 were amazing... I really miss that dynamic lighting system
Its seems car manufacturers are in no great rush to change over to leds, otherwise they would have used them from the start.
Presumably their version of matrix lights.
I often wonder what the effect is like for the guy in front when you're following down a dark road. The system will illuminate past the car ahead, lighting up the sides of the roads ahead of them yet not dazzling them. If they in turn are following someone else and thus don't have their main beams on, my lights will often illuminate further ahead than their own do.
Found out today I’m going to have to move insurance provider if I have LED headlights because Direct Line won’t insure me if I have them on a car. Admiral didn’t care and quoted the same price.
No, he presumably means the LED Headlight option that he wants to select on his new Fiesta that he's probably getting some benchmark insurance quotes for.You mean non EU compliant headlight bulbs don’t you. Not LED headlamps.
From the start of what? LED technology has only relatively recently advanced to the point where it's viable for use as car headlights. It's been used for other car applications for longer.
As for indicators, I thought it was a requirement that they be dimmed or turned off when indicating. What cars don't do this? Mine uses part of the DRL as the indicator with the remainder dimming.
Presumably their version of matrix lights.
I often wonder what the effect is like for the guy in front when you're following down a dark road. The system will illuminate past the car ahead, lighting up the sides of the roads ahead of them yet not dazzling them. If they in turn are following someone else and thus don't have their main beams on, my lights will often illuminate further ahead than their own do.
Was following an X5 with a rear dashcam last night, wonder if he'll watch the footage back to work out what on earth was going on
Found out today I’m going to have to move insurance provider if I have LED headlights because Direct Line won’t insure me if I have them on a car. Admiral didn’t care and quoted the same price.
What, why? How would they even know? I've never been asked what type of headlights my car has.