Keep being flashed!

[FiF]

Actually it's nice to see, for a change, some people with headlight assist recognising that these systems are not that great at detecting the need to dip and have thus decided to go back to manual intervention. Normally we just get bks like " get your eyes tested."

[G13NVL]

carlove said:

G13NVL said:

How is letting someone know that’s blinding you with full beam, that you haven’t got your full beam on by flashing back so you can both continue on your way without being blinded, being a bellend?

Because if your headlights were adjusted right, nobody would be blinded and nobody will flash you.Had a car coming the other way with the drivers dipped beam way too high, looked like full beams were on so did one quick flash, he stuck his full beams on in response. I changed a headlight bulb a couple of weeks back and realised it wasnt aligned properly so stopped and re aligned it, wasn't hard to do and didnt dazzle anyone.

Except if you read my post you’d see I said HGV, which you can’t adjust yourself and is not my vehicle and only looks bright to cars as the lights are a lot higher up. They only look bright when say you are coming round a corner or brow of hill and you hit the exact centre of the beam for a moment which for anyone with a little bit of sense would realise and not immediately slap their full beams on or flash repeatedly in quick succession.

[Osinjak]

Alucidnation said:

Seems the bell ends are in tonight.

I'm assuming you've missed the breathtaking irony in your post? Half term still isn't over it would seem.

[Alucidnation]

Osinjak said:

Alucidnation said:

Seems the bell ends are in tonight.

I'm assuming you've missed the breathtaking irony in your post? Half term still isn't over it would seem.

Yay I’ve got a stalker!

How are you sweetheart? X

[fatboy b]

Those lights really are a pita. I’ll flash any car that dazzles me, those seem to be the worst offenders.

[sasha320]

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

[fatboy b]

sasha320 said:

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

So you get flashed a lot then

[Paul Dishman]

fatboy b said:

sasha320 said:

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

So you get flashed a lot then

I do the same as Sasha, and rarely get flashed

[blearyeyedboy]

I'll bite.

I was initially sceptical but I find the system in my Octavia really good, and people don't flash me.

[andyxxx]

55palfers said:

Yet more "stuff" added to cars that no-one ever asked for.

I am the only person to disagree.
I have them on my vehicle, I think they are great and they work brilliantly. They detect cars in front and oncoming perfectly. I have never been flashed because of them (because they work faultlessly)

Far more people forget to dim their lights and end up dazzling you.

[fatboy b]

Paul Dishman said:

fatboy b said:

sasha320 said:

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

So you get flashed a lot then

I do the same as Sasha, and rarely get flashed

Is it really so hard to pull a stalk to dip your lights? My Jag has it. It’s crap, so I’ve disabled it. Tech for tech’s sake.

[Paul Dishman]

fatboy b said:

Paul Dishman said:

fatboy b said:

sasha320 said:

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

So you get flashed a lot then

I do the same as Sasha, and rarely get flashed

Is it really so hard to pull a stalk to dip your lights? My Jag has it. It’s crap, so I’ve disabled it. Tech for tech’s sake.

No, but the system works well in my experience, otherwise I wouldn't use it. It's on our Audi

[ESOG]

Im finding that newer vehicles, particularly SUVs, have too bright of headlights straight from the factory. In fairness it seems this way whilst on very dark roads with no other light sources, so there's that.

[billshoreham]

Paul Dishman said:

No, but the system works well in my experience, otherwise I wouldn't use it. It's on our Audi

works very well on my F31 bmw335d

[mikecassie]

I've had an A4 for 2 years and not had an issue with the automatic main beam/dip function.

[Hitch]

I flashed a 3 series with adaptive lights a few weeks ago. The problem is that they don’t cut the light until the very last moment which causes the oncoming driver to become concerned that you’re not going to dip at all.

I was impressed by how it sequences the lights as it passed but it’ was probably 5 to 10 seconds later than a manual dip would have happened on that stretch of road.

[David87]

MikeGoodwin said:

Remember getting my old e92 with led lights. Got flashed a lot on normal beam. So used to put my full beams on to dazzle them even more people used to go sick

I don’t think E92s ever came with LED headlamps? Pretty sure it was Xenon only.

[Pica-Pica]

billshoreham said:

Paul Dishman said:

No, but the system works well in my experience, otherwise I wouldn't use it. It's on our Audi

works very well on my F31 bmw335d

Ditto the F30 335d.

[sasha320]

fatboy b said:

sasha320 said:

The synaptic hyperspeed with which your average jobsworth type will be prematurely clutching at their high beam light stalk to flash you in advance of you getting close to them - to remind you and embarrass you that you need to dip your beam; will always be faster than your car’s auto dip computer algorithm that considers all the variables before automatically dipping your beam long before you actually risk dazzling an another driver.

Although I appreciate that these systems can get caught out in the odd circumstance, they are generally less fallible than human judgment so I let the car do the work.

So you get flashed a lot then

Lol! Yes the cobra like speed with which the described oncoming drivers are able to clutch at their light stalk is always quicker than my car’s ability to dip the beam. Both of these events happen long before there is a realistic chance of anyone being dazzled.

What does make me giggle is that the premature ‘reminder’ will be a half a second ahead of my car dipping its beams automatically anyway so it looks like I have reacted to their prompt... everyone happy

[TonyG2003]

To the OP. How old was the eclass you were driving. I’ve had two with ILS and we have a SLC with ILS. The oldest eclass (62 plate) was a bit slow but the SLC (16 plate) and eclass (68 plate) with adaptive LED lights work much better and I’ve never been flashed driving either.