Elio Headlights

[Ty]

I drive home from work at night on a 20 mile stretch of winding mountain 2 lane narrow road. I would love to see the Elio have an addon that makes the headlights automatically switch from high to low with the presence of oncoming traffic as they describe in the video. Having to keep my hand on the signal/dimmer switch for the whole trip makes me drive with one hand which is not as safe. The floor mounted dimmer switch was much safer.

The bright light setting has gotten to be almost completely useless these days. I know there are some who live far out but growing up, I remember being able to drive up 42 Hwy with the brights on. Not any more though. Things have just gotten too crowded. Some day, there will be a vehicle without brights as you think of them now.

Bright lights were needed because the lights of the time were so dim. Now, that isn't the case. my dim lights are brighter and see farther than my old brights ('65 Mustang that I had in the late 80's) were.

The time is approaching where manufacturers no longer have to compromise with headlights designed to be kind of good at dim and kind of good at bright. They'll just design the best headlights that work great at one setting. Perhaps instead of traditional brights, they'll have wide-spread "standard lights" that show more of the road sides... You know - where the deer are.

 

[Jambe]

Holding back my rant about SUVs/pickups blinding me with their high and low beams.

 

[bunchathrees]

Holding back my rant about SUVs/pickups blinding me with their high and low beams.

Your problem is obvious:

 

[Jelio]

Not sure if they'll fit the Elio and not sure how to run the wiring, but someone will come up with something, I'm sure.

Then how does Can Am do them? It must be practical if they are doing it. Elio can too!

 

[Ty]

Then how does Can Am do them? It must be practical if they are doing it. Elio can too!

Boat nectar...A dollup of fairy dust... some of God's tears...

 

[Coss]

Your problem is obvious:
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Was that a car crusher survivor?

 

[Injunjoe]

For over 20 years I have dealt successfully with oncoming who do not dim their brights. I simply close my left eye when the lights appear and open it again when they are past. The protected eye "sees through" the blind spot created by the brights until the eye that was open recovers.

 

[booboo]

When I drove my "big truck", a lot of it was at night, and also into a sunrise or sunset. I had all kinds of blocking stuff. Map books, Visors, custom suction cupped colored plexiglass. I could make my windshield into a tank like little slit and drive into any blinding light. The transparent colored plexiglass was for the side windows to tone down the headlights in the side mirrors. Will do the same any time I have to take a long trip.

 

[John-b-gone]

For over 20 years I have dealt successfully with oncoming who do not dim their brights. I simply close my left eye when the lights appear and open it again when they are past. The protected eye "sees through" the blind spot created by the brights until the eye that was open recovers.

This is the same reason pirates of old wore patches over their eye. So at least one eye could adjust when they went into the dark hold of a ship.

 

[Danny Williams]

LED Headlights are starting to get approval in the North American Market and have great ratings from what I have been reading so I would like to see the Elio finished product with LED lights around

If the headlights don't come as LED's, I will replace mine.