LED main beams - legality and effectiveness

Botus

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Glare quantified how?

being able to see when the car comes toward you...

Mercedes LED impossible - exceptionally dangerous should be banned from the road immediately
Nissan LED nearly impossible
BMW LED bad but mounted low you survive
Nighteye H7 LED 4000 lm per bulb - cheap crap not bad at all - not worth mentioning the dazzle
 

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being able to see when the car comes toward you...

Mercedes LED impossible - exceptionally dangerous should be banned from the road immediately
Nissan LED nearly impossible
BMW LED bad but mounted low you survive
Nighteye H7 LED 4000 lm per bulb - cheap crap not bad at all - not worth mentioning the dazzle
So not at all scientific then. Incidentally that 4000 lumen will likely be micro sized Chinese lumen.

My own experience doesn't match that.
 

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Insurance companies do check bulbs these day in a claim should lights be questioned

I have no doubt there are insurance claims but it does sound a bit dog ate my homework, prove it.

The low winter sun is responsible for more accidents.

I suspect that the lawyers arguing about bulbs being the cause of accidents will bill for more than the particulars of claim.
 

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I have no doubt there are insurance claims but it does sound a bit dog ate my homework, prove it.

The low winter sun is responsible for more accidents.

I suspect that the lawyers arguing about bulbs being the cause of accidents will bill for more than the particulars of claim.
I'll see what I can get, like I say I know there has been publications within the insurance industry, being in IT I tend not to get too interested in the articles.

Dont disagree with you about the low winter sun,

Any claim contested more than doubles a claim of repair and injury costs, just the way of the world with that, plus nature of the business to investigate claims thoroughly to avoid paying out invalid claims.
 


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