• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    LED Headlights aren’t the problem. Are LED lightbulbs a billion times brighter than others? No. They make them use less power and are the same brightness. The problem is not using dimmer LEDs.

    • AspieEgg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      It’s also the way they make cheap LED headlights. The reflectors that direct the beam of light in your headlights expects the filament of the bulb to be in a very specific spot, but LED headlights often have a much wider area where the light emits from than the little filament that traditional headlights do. So when installed in cars that aren’t designed for LEDs, the beam pattern can be off and make the light shine at people instead of down toward the road.