Tim Stevens

So, you know, there are a lot of very strict defining rules when it comes to new vehicles coming on the road, that kind of thing. But for older vehicles, you know, people who are either maintaining or modifying them, it's really hard to actually enforce that people are doing these things and doing them in a legal, safe way.

So we've seen technologies to address that. Auto dimming headlights is one of the kind of most common things that we see these days where a car will basically detect there's an oncoming car and automatically go from high beam to low beam. The problem is a lot of the early implementations of this technology were pretty bad, particularly on Tesla cars, for example.

So we've seen technologies to address that. Auto dimming headlights is one of the kind of most common things that we see these days where a car will basically detect there's an oncoming car and automatically go from high beam to low beam. The problem is a lot of the early implementations of this technology were pretty bad, particularly on Tesla cars, for example.

So we've seen technologies to address that. Auto dimming headlights is one of the kind of most common things that we see these days where a car will basically detect there's an oncoming car and automatically go from high beam to low beam. The problem is a lot of the early implementations of this technology were pretty bad, particularly on Tesla cars, for example.

I used to have a Tesla Model S, and it was so bad at identifying other cars. It would just leave the headlights on full blasts. for way too long. And I would have other people flashing me all the time. And I felt awful because the car was just really bad at identifying other people and dropping those headlights down. So that technology is getting better.

I used to have a Tesla Model S, and it was so bad at identifying other cars. It would just leave the headlights on full blasts. for way too long. And I would have other people flashing me all the time. And I felt awful because the car was just really bad at identifying other people and dropping those headlights down. So that technology is getting better.

I used to have a Tesla Model S, and it was so bad at identifying other cars. It would just leave the headlights on full blasts. for way too long. And I would have other people flashing me all the time. And I felt awful because the car was just really bad at identifying other people and dropping those headlights down. So that technology is getting better.

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

But really, I think the better solution is kind of coming down the road. We're just sort of starting to see that now, which is what's called an adaptive beam headlight or an active matrix headlight, which is kind of a much more advanced technology. It really gets rid of the old high beam, low beam paradigm. But that really could change things quite a bit.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Yeah, it's pretty exciting stuff. So basically, you know, since the dawn of cars pretty much, we've had a high beam and a low beam. When there's nobody else around, you flip on the high beams, it lights everything up, everything's great. And when you are maybe in town or there's a car ahead of you or oncoming, you flip down to the low beam, which lowers your headlights down.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

Typically, that's from two sets of bulbs, two sets of reflectors, completely separate headlight system. And you're flipping from one to the other. When you switch to a more modern advanced or active matrix headlight system with an adaptive beam system, something like that, you're kind of getting rid of that differentiation. And now basically everything is on all the time.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

You're shooting out a lot of light in a lot of different directions. But now the car is advanced enough to be able to identify oncoming traffic, pedestrians, cyclists. And it can basically individually dim individual portions of the headlights to block out those things that would be blind to other people.

So think of it like an advanced monitor on HDTV, that kind of thing where you have portions of the display that are bright white and portions that are black. It's the same basic idea. You've got a bunch of small LEDs and mirrors in your headlights now, which can block out individual portions of light. So you can have basically the high beams on all the time.