Originally Posted by Dave_Mark
Originally Posted by Dave9
Originally Posted by Dave_Mark
Originally Posted by Kestas
Sounds very complicated and expensive for the privilege of driving a little faster at night.
Wrong. The benefit of ADB isn't allowing one to drive "a little faster at night." It's allowing one to actually drive at normal speeds at night with significantly reduced risk.
Wrong. Anyone who can't drive at normal speeds safely with good old standard incan bulbs, in good condition, shouldn't be driving at night. However normal has everything to do with the conditions.
Since driving safely depends on driving no faster than you can see, it is exactly a matter of driving a little faster at night.
The simple fact is that state-of-the-art US low beam headlamps create 5 lux of illumination at 200 feet on the left side of the road. This is well-documented by the IIHS. I suggest you take a look at their website to better inform yourself. Remember, this is with correctly-aimed, state-of-the-art headlamps, all in brand new condition. In other words, a unicorn.
No one is stopping from 65 MPH in a mere 200 feet in a normal car. This is a simple fact from driver's ed. To stop within 200 feet, one would need to be traveling at 40 MPH, max. And much, much lower if they're driving an older car with sun-damaged lenses, old bulbs, and lamps that weren't aimed since it left the factory, 15 years ago. Not to mention that factory aiming is a complete joke; factory aiming is less reliable than an Alfa.
Somehow you got terrible confused because I have never driven faster than I can stop within the beam of an incan headlight. If you want to insist that idiots feel otherwise, these are prime candidates for people who have an agenda and should be ruled out of the equation. The fact is, billions of miles prove this, it is almost never the case that a collision accident is attributable to headlights in good working order and driving the speed limit, yet could not see due to that.
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Most of us, myself included, are arguably driving too fast for our lamps--when was the last time you consistently drove under 40 MPH on a rural road at night?
You must be deliberately obtuse. I have never ever had a problem driving over 40MPH with incan bulbs in good conditions. If the conditions are bad, of course slow down. You do not have any point and appear to just like seeing your words on a website.
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The fact of the matter is that most of us get away with it most of the time.
COMPLETELY WRONG. The fact of the matter is, billions of miles by millions of drivers, is not at all "get away with it". Any sane person would call that proof.
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The ones who don't get away with it end up blaming deer that "jumped out" at the last minute or something like that. And since we have insurance, it's no harm, no foul, and we don't bother to think twice about exactly how fast our lamps allow us to drive.
Delusional. I happen to live in deer country and it makes no difference at all how fast or slow you were driving, nor how bright your headlights were. It makes no difference, you can slow down to 5MPH and those long legged rats will still jump out in front of you. Please stick to what you know, which isn't deer or headlights.
On the contrary, I think not once, not twice, but every single second I am driving, whether I can see far enough ahead for the speed I am going. Anyone who doesn't do this, shouldn't be driving and brighter headlights won't solve that.