Balancing/road following headlights?

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Surely there are going to be situations (admitedly very few) where the lights turning as you turn the corner or them turning before you turn the wheel could be very dangerous....what if you need to see a pesdestrian on the side of the turn...or maybe a cyclist cross your path on turn in the road.....your lights would be aiming in the corner meaning darkness on the left or right of your car....I know people should not cross on turns but it does happen.....on cars like these can the system be switched off?
 
un_peacekeeper
errr...it's not both beams...it's only the outside one.
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As far as I know it's both beams turning. But concerning pedestrian safety there are other systems which are simpler but better in my eyes:

If you turn your wheels, a third headlight is switched on lighting the area you're planning to go. This way your headlights don't need to be turned (no complicated mechanics) and you still can see something in the front of your car. But when you turn, the area you're gonne be in a few seconds later is illuminated, and you'll easily spot any obstacles. This system is used by the German car company Opel (aka. Vauxhall / Holden, belongs to General Motors).

Cheers,
the Interceptor
 
I know this is offtopic but the headlights in Enthusia actually light up the road and notice the little reflector on the side of the road.

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nuthing like rippin it up on some canyon road.
 
the Interceptor
As far as I know it's both beams turning. But concerning pedestrian safety there are other systems which are simpler but better in my eyes:

If you turn your wheels, a third headlight is switched on lighting the area you're planning to go. This way your headlights don't need to be turned (no complicated mechanics) and you still can see something in the front of your car. But when you turn, the area you're gonne be in a few seconds later is illuminated, and you'll easily spot any obstacles. This system is used by the German car company Opel (aka. Vauxhall / Holden, belongs to General Motors).

Cheers,
the Interceptor
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quote of Volvo SCC:

Adaptive headlights: The headlights monitor the car's road speed and steering wheel movements and adjust accordingly. For instance, when the car is driving at higher speeds, the light beam is given a longer reach. At low speeds, the beam is made shorter and broader, to light up a larger area close to the car. The headlights are even designed to adjust during turns, with the beam widening along the track of the curve. This instantaneous reactivity is made possible by the use of fiber-optic technology.
 
un_peacekeeper
how many times do i have to say...AUTO LEVELING DOES NOT TURN THE HEADLIGHTS LATERALLY, BUT ONLY VERTICALLY.
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Maybe thats why i added itd be cool to seer the turning ones as in the lateral ones, ... I never said autoleveling turns them laterally if you took the 5 seconds necessary to process my post.
 
drprince89
Maybe thats why i added itd be cool to seer the turning ones as in the lateral ones, ... I never said autoleveling turns them laterally if you took the 5 seconds necessary to process my post.
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my fault there 👍
 
I6-4-eva
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nuthing like rippin it up on some canyon road.
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and then turning the corner and falling into a black abyss of nothingness. :D
 
Solid Lifters
It's called the 1948 Tucker. Click on the link! 1948 Tucker
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Ummm...

Can't find anything on that site about road-following headlights.

However, checking into the DS, the swivelling headlights didn't arrive until 1967.
 
The tucker actually is the first car to have the turning headlights, seatbelts(i think so?) and safety glass. I watched a movie about Tucker in Auto Class in school. He only made 1 or 2 models but they were very advanced at futuristic.
 
tmonsen5
The tucker actually is the first car to have the turning headlights, seatbelts(i think so?) and safety glass. I watched a movie about Tucker in Auto Class in school. He only made 1 or 2 models but they were very advanced at futuristic.
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:lol: Is it mandated that everyone in autoclass watch the movie? Everyone I know who took that class had to watch it, even me. Anyways, I believe the tucker wasn't the first car to have the headlights turn in the direction your turning into. I believe I was watching an episode of car crazy on speed channel once, where they had this 1920's car with candle lit headlights, that turned into the turn.
 
^I got you all beat. Back in 1910, I used to drive my hamster powered buggy cart made of wicker during the night with a miner's hat on which allowed me to shine light on any path "I" chose instead of some mechanical box on cheese wheels.
 
Event Horizon
and then turning the corner and falling into a black abyss of nothingness. :D
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Initial D anyone???? lol god that would be so cool to have Akina (Haruna is the real name), Akagi and Usui in GT3 for the drift tracks!!!! as for the balancing/following lights, that would be pointless in GT since most of the races are well lit and your headlights dont help much anyway....most of the races are during the day. maybe in GT5....lol :dopey:
 
Civicbus
^I got you all beat. Back in 1910, I used to drive my hamster powered buggy cart made of wicker during the night with a miner's hat on which allowed me to shine light on any path "I" chose instead of some mechanical box on cheese wheels.
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What kind of cheese were the wheels?
 

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