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Old 23-08-17, 10:15 AM   #4861
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I have regularly seen information from USA that since more 'driver aids' such as auto collision avoidance braking, lane departure warning, speed limit sign recognition etc etc that accidents have INCREASED by 15% since 2014. The more so called aids you fit the less attention drivers pay - the law of unintended consequences applies for sure.

http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/as-...-hit-the-skids

Safety organisations also worry about the 'under-reporting' of cell phone use accidents, where a lot of times the use of a cell phone does not even appear in the accident reports.

http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiat...d-driving.aspx

http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiat...h-studies.aspx
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Old 23-08-17, 12:17 PM   #4862
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Early morning flights even though it was only just over an hour long, getting up at 0445 isn't good for my system.
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Old 23-08-17, 12:33 PM   #4863
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So many cars now have automatic headlights that drivers forget they can manually turn them on. The sensor does not judge visibility, only lumens, which is very different in conditions like mist. Not realising this is pure laziness by drivers and should be punished severely. Except we have almost no police on the roads now so they'll never get caught... It's a vicious circle.
I think many drivers are totally unaware of this drawback. When I told my wife that the auto-headlights did not work in fog she was amazed. This is not widely publicised, the information is normally buried in the car's handbook. Who has read theirs? (Geeks excluded - that'll be me then)
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Old 23-08-17, 06:43 PM   #4864
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I think many drivers are totally unaware of this drawback. When I told my wife that the auto-headlights did not work in fog she was amazed. This is not widely publicised, the information is normally buried in the car's handbook. Who has read theirs? (Geeks excluded - that'll be me then)
TBH i think it would still make no difference. The amount of morons who will drive at night with no lights on - even with there are no street lamps, highlights the lack of awareness drivers of what's going on in & around their vehicle.
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Old 23-08-17, 07:11 PM   #4865
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Yet for safety my headlights are on all of the time
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Old 23-08-17, 08:19 PM   #4866
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Yet for safety my headlights are on all of the time
When I used to travel to work (retired now) I was always surprised at the number of cars driving in early morning winter dark on country roads with front DRL on but no rear lights, don't the morons know DRL only on front.

Auto things on cars really lull some people into a false sense of security, see my links above about increase in accidents in USA due to more automation on vehicles causing drivers to 'switch off' while driving.

On the plus side those cars with only DRL on in the dark may have had no lights on at all if it was up to driver to switch them on.
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Old 24-08-17, 08:40 AM   #4867
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I can remember when we had smog, which you literally could not even see the kerb
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I've heard of some people driving on the opposite side of the road so their headlight beams would point towards the kerb. Thankfully in days long gone by.

Spose it would work if everyone did it...
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Old 24-08-17, 08:51 AM   #4868
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I've heard of some people driving on the opposite side of the road so their headlight beams would point towards the kerb. Thankfully in days long gone by.

Spose it would work if everyone did it...
Shouldn't your dip beams be biased towards nearside kerb anyway ? - I know mine are (on the car anyway ) - that's why UK cars need those headlamp beam deflector thingimabobs for use in Europe.

I have recently fitted LED headlight bulbs from classicarleds to our cars (and my AL7 single headlight - had to move some wiring in headlight shell out of the way of heatsink), you can turn the bulb relative to its holder location for LHD or RH drive vehicle, but I am pretty sure this only works if the reflector is designed for LHD or RHD in the first place. Beam pattern and light output are superb.
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Shouldn't your dip beams be biased towards nearside kerb anyway ? - I know mine are (on the car anyway ) - that's why UK cars need those headlamp beam deflector thingimabobs for use in Europe.
I think headlights were different back then.

Also the driver being positioned on the right probably made a difference too as you're physically closer.
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