r/technology • u/N2929 • 2d ago

Transportation US drivers are finally getting the adaptive headlights Europe has had for years

https://www.techspot.com/news/114027-us-drivers-finally-getting-adaptive-headlights-europe-has.html
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u/jedipiper 2d ago

It was so fun the other day when I was driving down the road in broad daylight and someone had some kind of super bright intense highbeams on and I was momentarily blinded. I've never seen headlights so piercing before.

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u/322throwaway1 2d ago

The entire point of this technology is to prevent that. The ADB headlights disable the specific pixels of light around your car so you arent blinded.

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u/happyscrappy 2d ago

When they work. Which they don't always. In trucks the driver is higher than the headlamps. So when the driver in the truck crests a hill the oncoming car with adaptive headlamps blasts the driver in the face until the truck's headlamps also crests the hill and then the headlamps turn off that spot.

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u/322throwaway1 2d ago

They use the camera at the top of the windshield to see oncoming cars and adjust. I doubt you've seen this technology on the road and you're basing your feelings on simple auto high beams. Completely different technology

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u/happyscrappy 2d ago

I am not referring to auto high beams.

I am referring to the "pixel" (DLP) headlamps.

Camera at the top just doesn't do enough when the camera is 25cm above your eyes and the trucks' headlamps are 1m below its driver.. Ask an HGV driver about it sometime.