German mfgrs. lobbying for headlamp law changes

Not exactly the one you think...

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And I twitched at the Claybrook mention at the end. If she were still running NHTSA this would be going nowhere...

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N8N
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NHTSA this would be going nowhere...

Government freezes things it takes over and creates often at the time they did so. Then when it is hopelessly out of date government makes some politically driven leap.

But to the topic at hand I look forward to being blinded by this new system.

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Brent

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running NHTSA this would be going nowhere...

Eh, if they conform to ECE standards I imagine/assume that cresting a hill is about the only time that that would happen. Most ECE compliant headlights are pretty damn good.

I don't know how much I trust the electronics though - I know BMW has had a "high beam assistant" for some years now that automatically dims your brights, but my car doesn't have that option and I haven't driven a car with one (or if I have, I didn't know it at the time and didn't test it out.) I don't really miss it as I know how to dim my lights, but I would be interested to see how well the tech works.

I also wish that since these companies are lobbying for changes to the headlamp regs that they would also ask that ECE approved headlamps be approved for use in the US - let's say for the next 10 years both ECE and the old regs would be acceptable to minimize the burden on mfgrs. who have just finished designing FMVSS 108 compliant lights for their new vehicles - then after that period the ECE beam pattern would become the new standard.

However, I'm thinking aerobatic swine are more likely, as sensible as such a proposal would be...

nate

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Nate Nagel

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running NHTSA this would be going nowhere...

Many a German car has offensively glaring headlamps for their US models. Since I don't plan on moving to europe, the quality of the ECE implementation is irrevelant to my comment.

This may in part explain why I am being blinded by high beams more often.

The thinking is that the difference protects US makes and that the characters in charge of such things in the USA are always right, always the best, by default and thus it's the europeans who are wrong. Expect no changes any time soon.

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Brent

Brent wrote in news:kkot8p$bi2$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

That's because ECE headlamps don't make it over here. ECE beam patterns are illegal in the US, so we get NHTSA-mandated beam patterns instead. It's those NHTSA-mandated patterns that cause the glare that we all hate.

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running NHTSA this would be going nowhere...

Are you questioning American Exceptionalism !!!

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Ashton Crusher

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