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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by pmontra on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:13PM (#42312748)
People don't turn off low beams at night, why should they? They turn off high beams even if everybody forgets them on sometimes but that's inevitable.

Low beams are getting too bright. I never turned my rear mirror into the anti glare position so often as in the last couple of years.

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by maxerickson on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:19PM (#42312796)
I'm not sure why you'd bother trying to converse with me if you thought I was asking about people turning off low beams at night.

Plenty of people turn on their high beams and don't bother to manage them. I guess automatic dimming systems should help with that. Looking a bit, they don't necessarily default to on in US vehicles, which is likely to minimize the benefit.

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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by SoftTalker on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:55PM (#42313058)
The auto-dim systems don't always work, either. My mother-in-law's Toyota has this feature, and it seems to work when it wants to.
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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by trinix912 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:01AM (#42315411)
Same with a 2020 Honda Civic. Those auto-dim headlights shut themselves off in a timely manner about 50% of the time.
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