I know I'm not the only one who feels like I'm getting visually assaulted everytime I drive at night. It was bad 10 years ago but now, it seems like headlight manufacturers have a deal with insurance companies and optometrists to make the lights as bright as possible. Is this ever going to stop or is there some kind of race in the headlight industry to see who can reproduce the power of the sun first?

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (10 children)

I think you're over estimating the amount of influence the US auto market has had.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (9 children)

    *had

    And it was eminence. But maybe with their fall we can get cool IR cars again.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (8 children)

    Are you correcting my post or yours? I was speaking in the past tense.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (7 children)

    Oh no, just agreeing on the tense. Hope that it stays that way.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (6 children)

    I'm still not sure we're in agreement, but maybe we are? I'm saying the US auto market has never had enough influence to block a cost-effective safety feature from appearing on foreign markets. Another person pointed out that the IR HUD was used on a luxury car and the high cost probably prevented its widespread use.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    It did appear, but never went main stream. The cost was high, but like projector bulbs if mainstream produced the cost would come down.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    Of course the cost would come down (slightly) if a new tech goes mainstream, but you don't think an IR HUD could become as cheap as regular headlights, do you?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    I do, they are not really much different from what is put in cars today. HUD? We put screens on everything, IR? its just a bulb type. IR cameras? Its a camera.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    There's a lot more that goes into to than you think. A camera and HUD will never be as cheap as a bulb and a reflector.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    There is alot more that goes into those projector and LED headlights then you think then. They have not been a bulb and reflector only in 30 years or so. If they where still just a bulb and reflector we would not all be talking about having to face the fucking sun itself everytime we drive at night.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    That's not quite right. Projectors make headlights less blinding. It would be worse if we still used basic reflectors. Also, not all vehicles use expensive LED headlights.

    Back to your original argument: you aren't saying you think an IR HUD would be less complicated than a cheap halogen bulb in a projector, are you? Because that would be rediculous.

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