Why car insurance in America is too cheap

Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap by buffington on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:08AM (#39247789)

Tesla's can "see" humans, cyclists, cars, etc, independent of the headlights.

It's possible that this awareness is what's used as input for the matrix headlights. Either entirely, or in coordination with detecting oncoming headlights.

I'm confused about your mention of technical solutions. What would a non-technical solution look like?

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Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap by mattlondon on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:23AM (#39247832)

I don't think it is that smart - matrix headlamps have been around for ages in "dumb" (albeit luxury) cars for years and years in europe

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Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap by ta1243 on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:07AM (#39258932)

And they are awful, a significant number do not detect my (old) car, let alone pedestrians, cyclists and horses

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Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap by tmnvix on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:57AM (#39248224)

> What would a non-technical solution look like?

Something like ensuring that headlights are lower. I'm not against technical improvements, but I think that simple, less error-prone improvements should be given higher priority.

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Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap by wilg on Sunday February 04, 2024 @03:44PM (#39254247)

If the headlights can see you, you can see the headlights.

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