The topic of lighting 1

[enginesrus]

I thought that years ago there were limits on candle power of automotive lighting that the DOT set. Am I the only one that is blinded by the overly bright led and other lights on newer cars? It seems the trend started over 10 years ago, to install blindingly bright lights on vehicles. Has anyone ever done any research on how safe all these new lights are on our eyes?

 

[Compositepro]

What I find most troublesome are the new flashing red and blue LED police lights. They are truly blinding when you approach a police car that has someone pulled-over on the side of the road at night. Every year there is a boondoggle between Kentucky and Tennessee police where they get together and set-up road blocks to check for drunk drivers, paid for by the Feds through "training funds". The last one I went through there were 15 police cars in one spot, all with their lights flashing. You could see the glow in the night sky from miles away.

 

[BUGGAR]

I was checking the new C8 Corvette. I understand the on-board computer will be relying on "The Cloud". This will just be for updates only, kind of like with Windows 10?

 

[MacGyverS2000]

My C7 gets some updates via the On-Star antennas... mind you, I never signed up for On-Star and don't pay any monthly bills for it, but I suppose it's too convenient for GM not to broadcast firmware updates to every available vehicle.

Dan - Owner

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