European here, the fuck are y’all talking ’bout. I have astigmatism and LED headlights are godsend, especially low beam. They have automatic leveling which prevents blinding if you put something in the trunk, the beam is wider and more controlled than from a lightbulb and the cutoff is razor sharp.
Don’t get me started on automatic high beams with zones, like magic.
I just wonder if your experience is not swayed by illegal LED retrofits.
All of that stuff that helps people from getting blinded is actually illegal here in the states. Those high beams with zones? Illegal I would love for that stuff to come here but currently we just get fucked in the eyeballs seemingly for fun
The problem in the States is all of the brodozers with their headlights up so high they are shining directly into your eyes. With them being so obnoxious it’s all we remember when we think about LEDs.
Id rather blame it on beam shape which in your cars are symmetrical and designed to shine straight onto opposing drivers face. Here I immediately see at night that incoming traffic is a car with LEDs because they blind me less - you must come here to believe me I guess, but check what beam shape is by law mandated in the EU. And it is much much easier to control the beam shape exactly like you want it with multi-LED headlights.
Led or not, having the wrong light adjustment (height, beam shape, etc) will fail your inspection in most EU countries.
But this led trope is a regular online… I imagine in the US they are doing all kinds of crazy shit with high power leds, because freedom or something. Damn EU gob’mint, preventing people from blinding me!
European here, the fuck are y’all talking ’bout. I have astigmatism and LED headlights are godsend, especially low beam. They have automatic leveling which prevents blinding if you put something in the trunk, the beam is wider and more controlled than from a lightbulb and the cutoff is razor sharp. Don’t get me started on automatic high beams with zones, like magic.
I just wonder if your experience is not swayed by illegal LED retrofits.
All of that stuff that helps people from getting blinded is actually illegal here in the states. Those high beams with zones? Illegal I would love for that stuff to come here but currently we just get fucked in the eyeballs seemingly for fun
The problem in the States is all of the brodozers with their headlights up so high they are shining directly into your eyes. With them being so obnoxious it’s all we remember when we think about LEDs.
Id rather blame it on beam shape which in your cars are symmetrical and designed to shine straight onto opposing drivers face. Here I immediately see at night that incoming traffic is a car with LEDs because they blind me less - you must come here to believe me I guess, but check what beam shape is by law mandated in the EU. And it is much much easier to control the beam shape exactly like you want it with multi-LED headlights.
Led or not, having the wrong light adjustment (height, beam shape, etc) will fail your inspection in most EU countries.
But this led trope is a regular online… I imagine in the US they are doing all kinds of crazy shit with high power leds, because freedom or something. Damn EU gob’mint, preventing people from blinding me!
I… I don’t think we test headlight adjustment during inspections in the US. At least, not in the states I’ve lived.
That would explain these kind of posts…
I think the post is about being on the recieving end of them, not being the user.
Same as the comment you replied to.