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I hate Tesla cars as much as the next guy, but this goes for every brand out there.
Literally everything about cars has enshittified, including headlights. Those were a problem solved back in the 1930s and we quickly understood that you need lights that give enough to see, but don't blind the other side.
Then came the 2000 era engineers who forgot everything we learned in the 1900s and refused to relearn them and everything has been going to shit ever since
You'd think they'd have lights that can self adjust their direction based on the vehicle's angle and if it is turning. I'd love to have headlights that show me where I'm turning for things like pedestrians crossing in unlit areas. They had these on the 1948 Tucker.
I blame the Internet tbh. Vast amounts of information at your finger tips with no real curve to learn any of it, skipping official books and documents on the subject and the learnings of the past.
Quick answers no friction and no learning
Yea because cars back in the 30 drove at 120kph on the regular at night. Have you heard of driving gaster than what your head lights allow you to see and stop in time?
Oh please, I drive at night with headlights just off the ground fast and fine. Its just a shitty american design feature to put them up high. Most places don't and drive fast at night, its a car not a lighthouse.
The problem us the laws are outdated to a max level of lumens, but not lumens/area. These stupid LED lights are too concentrated. They also cost a fortune to replace. High/low doesn't matter if they are aimed correctly, but assholes who lift their trucks never align their lights because they are assholes.
I have seen trucks fresh off the dealers floor have lights way to bright and aligned in a way to blind. This has become a design feature, one to blind others as a way to sell more fake plastic trucks.
Sounds like the solution is slower night driving, not brighter lights. Blinding the oncoming driver gets stupider the faster you're going.