jont wrote:If operating a main/dip switch is so challenging, I'd really rather I wasn't sharing the road with you at all
/luddite
All my concentration is going in to driving to perfection, it is a challenge, but I usually succeed.
jont wrote:If operating a main/dip switch is so challenging, I'd really rather I wasn't sharing the road with you at all
/luddite
playtent wrote:I have high beam assist. Now I'm still getting used to it as its a strange experience for quite a while. As the car has adaptive headlights, they switch on to high beam and when a car approaches, the o/s high beam turns outwards until the oncoming vehicle is within dazzle range and then to dip and the near side turns towards the kerb progressively until the car is so close that it has to dip. If your going around a left hand bend then the inner light doesn't dip at all.
When the car comes up behind someone the high beam stays on but both lights split to give a dark V in front of the car so it doesn't dazzle the vehicle in front. When you get close, then the lights will eventual dip and pull back straight. It's like a light show with inner and outer lights on and off at different times. If your going around a right hand bend the o/s light stays on and turns further to the o/s whilst the near side turns off!
It really is fool proof! That suits me and would be ideal for someone like JohnC,
playtent wrote:I have high beam assist. Now I'm still getting used to it as its a strange experience for quite a while. As the car has adaptive headlights, they switch on to high beam and when a car approaches, the o/s high beam turns outwards until the oncoming vehicle is within dazzle range and then to dip and the near side turns towards the kerb progressively until the car is so close that it has to dip. If your going around a left hand bend then the inner light doesn't dip at all.
When the car comes up behind someone the high beam stays on but both lights split to give a dark V in front of the car so it doesn't dazzle the vehicle in front. When you get close, then the lights will eventual dip and pull back straight. It's like a light show with inner and outer lights on and off at different times. If your going around a right hand bend the o/s light stays on and turns further to the o/s whilst the near side turns off!
It really is fool proof! That suits me and would be ideal for someone like JohnC,
jont wrote:playtent wrote:It really is fool proof! That suits me and would be ideal for someone like JohnC,
If operating a main/dip switch is so challenging, I'd really rather I wasn't sharing the road with you at all
/luddite
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Your eyes get tired as you get older. Your visual field decreases, diseases such as macular degeneration are much more common, and your eyes take much longer to adapt to changes in light. Our RoADAR meeting was treated to a talk the other night by someone who's specialised in older drivers. He said a 20 year old recovers from dazzle in 2 seconds, a pensioner takes 9. Where these figures come from I'm not sure, but I assume they're not too far off the mark or he wouldn't be quoting them.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:playtent wrote:I have high beam assist. Now I'm still getting used to it as its a strange experience for quite a while. As the car has adaptive headlights, they switch on to high beam and when a car approaches, the o/s high beam turns outwards until the oncoming vehicle is within dazzle range and then to dip and the near side turns towards the kerb progressively until the car is so close that it has to dip. If your going around a left hand bend then the inner light doesn't dip at all.
When the car comes up behind someone the high beam stays on but both lights split to give a dark V in front of the car so it doesn't dazzle the vehicle in front. When you get close, then the lights will eventual dip and pull back straight. It's like a light show with inner and outer lights on and off at different times. If your going around a right hand bend the o/s light stays on and turns further to the o/s whilst the near side turns off!
It really is fool proof! That suits me and would be ideal for someone like JohnC,
Ah, yes, the exceedingly intriguing BMW system.
I watched a demonstration video, and it seemed to work marvellously!
mefoster wrote:5star wrote:The headlights light everything (and I do mean everything). Cameras in the windscreen work out where other road users are and special beam modifiers bend light around these vehicles.
Really? Unless the "beam modifiers" turn the oncoming vehicles into massive gravity wells, I think that statement might a smidgeon incorrect.
The lighting system might well mask out the areas occupied by the oncomer to prevent dazzle but they certainly don't "bend" light around it.
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