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What happens when you don't have regulated standards? That. The color of the light is also important. Brightest doesn't mean best.
i am seeing green headlights nowadays and it makes me irrationally anger
might as well just put in RGB bulbs at that point and go full caramelldansen
Yep. Higher frequency lights actually inhibit your ability to see details, making driving less safe.
do you have a source for that? because it sounds completely insane
Hot off the press: https://research.uga.edu/news/blue-light-has-a-surprising-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds/
But it's common knowledge that we have more green and red cones in our eyes so we're naturally able to perceive more of those wavelengths.
oh lmao, i thought you were talking about the flicker frequency, but you mean short wavelength i.e. blue.
Yeah that sounds less insane, though i still question how important it is compared to the benefits of photopic lighting.
Waves have both wavelength and frequency. Increasing one decreases the other. High frequency light and short wavelength light means the same thing.
Led lights also have on/off frequenzy so if you are talking in a context with LEDs you should clarify which frequency you mean
TIL!
I thought headlights in the US are strictly regulated with archaic standards. European headlights had a more sophisticated auto dimming and direction control, from what i remember.
The US used to be that way but in like the 90s or 00s we abandoned the regulations
Some things may be regulated, but others are a free for all where the manufacturer can do whatever sells their car. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many complaints these days of being blinded by the NOT high beams. And light bars should be illegal on a road, period.
I don't know about inspections in other states, but in mine (that is reducing what they check starting next year for some reason) they make sure your headlights and brights come on. They don't do any check for aim or lumen output or anything else.
If you've never seen them, Technology Connections on Youtube has had a few videos ranting about how bad the headlight situation is in the US.
I love it when he gets angry about something.
pretty sure it's not so much about regulation, but about enforcement (as is usual)
Europeans also don't tend to have the headlights 1.50m or more above ground level, because anyone who isn't 'Murican still builds comparably normal cars and no useless "Trucks". Even though they also get worse and worse (fuck SUVs).
It's getting worse in Europe too.
Yeah, and the worst thing is that environmental policies might be to blame (to my knowledge).
Larger vehicles have less strict emission rules. And because "the market" also wants cheap stuff and just making the car bigger is easier than reinventing the engine… a cynic might call this shift malicious compliance by the manufacturers.
We can only hope this trend is reversable once EVs become dominant, those benefit from less size and weight.
No wltp has this for N vehicles but then you need another driving license, except in a few cases. M vehicles don't benefit from being bigger
Auto dimming headlights are great in principle but in my experience a pain in the ass! They don't dim early enough, especially when cars are rounding corners so you actually dazzle a lot more people. Then if you try to dip them early but the auto-dip gets there first you end up flashing the car ahead.