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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen
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this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2025
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auto high beams do not work every time.
I am routinely blinded by them when people drive through my neighborhood at night and I'm walking my dog, or when I'm biking to the store. and this is in a neighborhood with street lights where high beams are completely and utterly not required in the first place at 40 km/h.
Every attempt to make something idiot creates a bigger idiot
While I totally see the point this is already “solved” in that they shouldn’t have high beams on in the first place.
Pedestrians and cyclists are tough because drivers don’t think to toggle their high beams, even If they see pedestrians and auto-high beams aren’t any better. We’re out of luck
In my neighborhood we have very narrow streets and where there are sidewalks not pavement right next to the street. I never thought I’d appreciate the small amount of separation a standard sidewalk give but it actually does make a difference in how blinded your u are by traffic. But the bottom Line is similar to yours: this is a high density neighborhood with streetlights where no one should use high beams to begin with. Realistically there are several Poorly placed houses whose owners are probably even more frustrated
Yah, I drove a rental with these for the first time and didn't like it. It left the high beams on far longer than I would've manually and when I tried to manually switch them off it would turn them back on without me knowing.
I just bought a 2012 as my 'new' vehicle because I don't want to deal with any stupid tech issues like that
hell, I don't even like standard traction control - if I press the accelerator, I want the wheels to get power. I've been stuck slowly crossing in the middle of an intersection too many times because ESC 'helped out' and cut power to the wheels. no mf just spin them until they get to the hard surface below the snowslush
This was worse. It had lane detection so every once in a while I could feel it jerk the wheel even though I was solidly in my lane. The only advanced feature I didn't mind was the proximity warning when I wanted to change lanes. It was pretty clear there was a car there but I didn't mind the heads up.