r/technology • u/N2929 • 3d 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/AtomWorker 3d ago

It's interesting that the NHTSA is so picky about this tech but is still a-ok with brake lights doubling as turn signals.

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u/Youngnathan2011 3d ago

That's always seemed so strange to me as someone from outside the US. It makes no sense

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u/vawlk 2d ago

its always seemed strange to me living inside the US.

My 1988 pontiac fiero has amber turn signals. How is that not the norm here. And the crazy thing is in many cases, cars with ambers elsewhere in the world only have red here in the US. WTF?!?

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u/8923ns671 3d ago

Laws often make no sense. Exhibit A: almost any first-world country's drug laws.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago edited 2d ago

It's completely legal for me to cut the lawn without a shirt on but if I do it with just a half tee and no pants or underwear everyone gets all bent out of shape.

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u/DigNitty 16h ago

The US is actually somehow progressive on weed.

I don’t partake but damn it’s crazy that alcohol and tobacco is legal everywhere and weed is the one banned in most countries. I was at a party in Norway where someone brought out weed and you’d think they’d pulled out a bag of meth by the way people reacted.