Insurance Safety Institute Finds Most Headlights Not Bright Enough

March 30, 2016

  • March 30, 2016 at 2:19 pm
    Agent says:
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    Wow, a Prius is considered a mid size car????

    • March 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm
      Yup says:
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      Pull up alongside a Smart Car or Fiat 500.

      • March 31, 2016 at 9:40 am
        Agent says:
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        My SUV makes a Prius look like a Smart Car. There is no way a Prius is a mid sized car.

        • March 31, 2016 at 5:19 pm
          C'mon Agent says:
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          It’s reported in IJ. It’s gotta be true!

  • March 30, 2016 at 2:42 pm
    philip wilbanks says:
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    Driving at night on a two lane highway I can assure you that cars with LED lights or pickups that are coming at me have BRIGHT LIGHTS!

    • March 31, 2016 at 9:57 am
      Agent says:
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      The ones with the blue tinge are the worst. I have to look over to the right edge of the road until I get past them. They aren’t Prius’s either. No wonder the deer freeze in the road.

  • March 31, 2016 at 3:34 am
    John says:
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    This is such BS. For one thing all city streets and highways are already illuminated and many rural interstates are as well. 2) Deer rarely just stand on a highway and when they bolt out in front of you won’t have time to stop I don’t care if you have 20 ten-million candle power spot lights on your car. You will just see the crash better. 3) If there are people stupid enough to be skateboarding/walking on the highway in the dark they are idiots tempting their own fate or have a death wish. 4) If you are following traffic there is already a visual que that the road is clear. 5) HIGH BEAMS if you are alone on a dark road. 6) the increasingly blinding headlights in my eyes are more dangerous when I have to squint and can barely see anything.

  • March 31, 2016 at 9:11 am
    Fair Playing Field says:
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    Why no reference to Bi-Xenon headlights? I have them on my MK7 GTI and they really light up the road, particularly on high beam.

  • March 31, 2016 at 10:05 am
    Robert Bradshaw says:
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    I’d still like to know why “fogged” headlights where the plastic coverings turn brown are not considered “defective” and subject to recall. You can’t tell me that they were designed to turn brown.

    • March 31, 2016 at 10:36 am
      Agent says:
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      I have seen advertisements on a product that can return the clouded headlights to clear, but not too many people have gone to the trouble to get it and use it.

      • March 31, 2016 at 6:10 pm
        UW says:
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        Yes, they should actually recall the whole car if it starts to wear out or gets rusty. Tires that go bald should be recalled as should brakes that wear out. Very intelligent idea.

  • April 4, 2016 at 11:09 am
    Yogi Polar Berra says:
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    They’re ineffective in winter weather in northern climates, but reflective strips placed strategically on winding, unlit roads warn drivers about road curves and other dangerous conditions. They don’t require more powerful, potentially blinding headlights. Also useful are reflectors on guard rail posts.

    • April 8, 2016 at 9:40 am
      Agent says:
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      Yogi, I would think the Insurance Safety Institute could concentrate on real safety issues like “Texting while Driving” which is rampant in this country rather than ragging on the car manufacturers for their headlights.

      “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be”. YB

  • April 7, 2016 at 4:56 pm
    JB says:
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    Insurance Safety Institute finds flaws in previous study, new study finds that it’s actually most drivers that are not bright enough (perhaps there will be a new movie about cars & drivers: “Dim & Dimmer” – certain to combine comedy with tragedy)



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