The headlights on my 2018 Toyota Camry, are the absolute WORST headlights on ANY car I've EVER driven in the last 54 years. They are horrible! They cut off to the point, that if you drive over 35 MPH, you are over driving them.
And the "high beams" are no such thing. They're absolutely worthless as such, because they don't reach any further down the road than the "low beams" do. They just make what's already illuminated a bit brighter. They are totally worthless as, "high beams". And they're not maladjusted.... They're just total crap.
When we moved from Phoenix to Lake Havasu 2 years ago, we made a total of 8 round trips. (400 miles round trip each). Most of them were at night when it was somewhat cooler out. On dark, unlit 2 lane desert roads, the headlights were downright dangerous. There was no way you could safely drive 55-60 MPH and not overdrive them.
In an urban, well lit city environment it's not so bad. Out in the middle of the country, or in the desert it is downright dangerous. I can't believe the DOT, along with the insurance industry would even allow headlights on a car this terrible.
"Only 1 car in 31 tested had headlights that received good marks from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety".
https://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/30/headlights-iihs-insurance-institute-highway-safety-car-led/
"Halogen headlights, which the auto club says are on 80% of the vehicles on the road today, fail to safely illuminate unlit roadways at speeds as low as 40 mph".
https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-aaa-auto-headlights-failure-20150513-story.html
And the "high beams" are no such thing. They're absolutely worthless as such, because they don't reach any further down the road than the "low beams" do. They just make what's already illuminated a bit brighter. They are totally worthless as, "high beams". And they're not maladjusted.... They're just total crap.
When we moved from Phoenix to Lake Havasu 2 years ago, we made a total of 8 round trips. (400 miles round trip each). Most of them were at night when it was somewhat cooler out. On dark, unlit 2 lane desert roads, the headlights were downright dangerous. There was no way you could safely drive 55-60 MPH and not overdrive them.
In an urban, well lit city environment it's not so bad. Out in the middle of the country, or in the desert it is downright dangerous. I can't believe the DOT, along with the insurance industry would even allow headlights on a car this terrible.
"Only 1 car in 31 tested had headlights that received good marks from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety".
https://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/30/headlights-iihs-insurance-institute-highway-safety-car-led/
Study says high-tech headlights miss the mark
Despite the hype, most high-intensity discharge, LED and swivelling lamps don't illuminate the road well enough, according to the Insurance Institute for…
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"Halogen headlights, which the auto club says are on 80% of the vehicles on the road today, fail to safely illuminate unlit roadways at speeds as low as 40 mph".
https://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-aaa-auto-headlights-failure-20150513-story.html
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