The cybertruck is so poorly designed, if it wasn’t legally mandated for vehicles to have headlights, those ugly things would have a night vision HUD projection on the
windshielddash screen and nothing else, allowing those IN the vehicle to see, but not allowing anyone else to see the truck at night.If you need lights that have more lumens then the sun to drive at night, you shouldn’t be allowed to drive at night
In their defense, whenever they turn it on, it’s no longer night
Fear my alpha photons.
Theywill annilate your puny beta photons.
I’m wondering if this is due to the fact that so many politicians (and, thus, members of regulatory bodies) are OOOOLLLLLLD and need the night to look like the inside of an Apple Store in order to drive.
This is just a post
it’s ok, I’m pooping right now, so it is still a shitpost.
my bad
Its alright. That just means its too good for this place.
I think strong lights are needed… I have two cars, one old and one new. Im afraid to drive the old one when its dark because its impossible to see anything.
May not be a popular opinion but thats how it is.
so slow down
my 2008 with halogens does perfectly fine
one day someone like me is going to drive head-on into you because we can’t see shit because of your asshole headlights
You can’t see anything because you’re blinded by the other’s lights I assume?
I have an older car and feel like I can’t see far enough in front of me, but half the cars driving towards me have lights that blind me. So I’m torn on how I feel about this.
Yeah. It also matters if you have a taller car. Its not fun being in a smaller one…
It all started going down hill when they got rid of the foot switch for high beams.
Man, I remember those.
After only owning/driving them for 20+ years, I finally just swapped from a manual to an automatic. Suddenly want to see if there’s an aftermarket kit to make a foot switch work for my car. I mean, my left foot has to do something
I refuse to give up manual transmissions.
I’ve decided I’ll compromise and give it up for an EV, probably for my next car, assuming I can get a Chinese one (would have never expected to say something like that just a few years ago).
Though maybe if my current car dies before I can do that I’ll try to get a pre-18 MT something or another. Something without touch screens and outside connections other than AM/FM radio.
Though the kid inside me also wants a fun car since I can now afford it might just rent a Ferrari or something for a few laps around a track to get that out of my system. Probably an or something since the top end cars don’t even come with MT anymore. I don’t even care that stick shift isn’t peak performance anymore, it’s more fun and using a clutch is engaging (heh).
I’ve owned an 2012 Nissan Leaf and I currently drive a 2017 Kia Soul EV. I will never go back. Those Chinese cars are awesome, though (too bad can’t get them in US). I live in Hawai’i, on O’ahu, where longer range is not needed. My Kia still gets about 125 miles to a charge (if I finesse how I drive and don’t run the A/C) and I can go from one side of the island and back on that. But I had the Leaf when I lived in Florida and it got maybe 50 miles to a charge and that was… well, I learned about “range anxiety” with that one.
What I really dislike about the newer US EVs is that they are, increasingly, enormous. My Kia Soul is perfect. But the US is obsessed with every vehicle being the size of a studio apartment for some reason.
Yeah, I still feel the same, but car was scratching at 20 years old and maintenance was becoming more than I have time for these days. So swapped to an (almost) new hybrid.
I regret it almost every day (not that the hybrid is bad; its just not the same feel. Plus all these newfangled sensors are a bitch).
My 2006 xB is too modern for me. I’m looking for a late 80s pickup. I want carburetors again.
What’s up with that?
It’s like puffing up your chest to look impressive, but for cars
Audi gave the world this nice upgrade. They also find out people hate it. So they have developed a new headlight that give some kind shadow to other cars. Hopefully this will be a new law for led light.
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Those idiotic LED matrix lights keep conveniently missing the wing mirrors of cars in front when casting their shadow
Arsehole lights for arsehole cars for arsehole people, I guess.
There was a well established and very simple technology for not blinding other traffic. High beam and low beam, with a manual switch. No myriad of sensors and computers that do a worse job than any driver with just half a brain and some small remainder of decency.
any driver with just half a brain and some small remainder of decency
Those are getting more scarce too.
Unfortunately, they do. People seem to think because of all the assistance systems in modern cars, they don’t need to pay attention anymore. My daily commute on a narrow country road with largely no centre line has become a harrowing adventure in the past couple years. Idiots are increasingly driving in the middle of, or even on the wrong side of the road. These days even a solid centre line is becoming a mere suggestion.
The worst thing the car industry ever did was turn our vehicles into mobile living rooms.
I still stand firm that driving should be mildly uncomfortable and loud with the intention of keeping you focused.
Every car has auto high beams now, and I gotta wonder what the folks living on country roads think about thousands of cars flashing their lights for the split second there’s no oncoming traffic.
God my wife’s car has that and I hate it-
And don’t forget that people outside of cars exist which are missed 100% of the time
The cars don’t miss the people outside of the car 100% of the time, unfortunately.
Point your side view mirrors lower and out more? They are to see your sides, the rear view covers the behind.
If they’re set properly, it shouldn’t be reflecting cars behind you into your eyes.
This poster loves blindspots.
How does this make blind spots? You still see just the edge of your vehicle.
Oooohh weee! What’s up with that? What’s up with that?!
