• bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      and they had to be pointed high because the average speed is fast, and the speed people are driving is definitely way too fast for safety.

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      If anything, LEDs having MUCH better lifespans than bulbs is saving people.

      There are 2 (4 if high beams are separated) incandescent light bulbs in a car without LEDs.
      There is at least 1 extra point of redundancy.
      Also car light bulbs are made to last longer in automotive environment.

      LEDs having better lifespan in a paper. But In real world your mileage may vary.

      I’m not against LEDs, but current execution is bad: too bright, too easy to blind other people.

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      This isn’t strictly true. Even with the same beam pattern, LEDs will inherently have more glare. This is due to a combination of the physics of how LEDs project light in a more directed beam than more uniform halogens, and because they produce a cooler light that our brains interpret as brighter even at the same intensity as a warmer light. But yeah, the height issue has been a problem for a long time, even before LEDs were in use, LEDs have simply exasperated the problem there. And while mismounting them will lead to issues, upgrades are still a relatively small portion of headlights compared to factory ones.