IIHS – Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety
провел тесты
фар автомобилей.
Автомобили
новые, фары – муха не еблась.
По результатам
тестов выяснилось – все плохо.
Даже на нулевой
тачке ночью нельзя ехать быстрее 70 кмч.
The ability to see
the road ahead, along with any pedestrians, bicyclists or obstacles,
is an obvious essential for drivers. However, government standards
for headlights, based on laboratory tests, allow huge variation in
the amount of illumination that headlights provide in actual on-road
driving. With about half of traffic deaths occurring either in the
dark or in dawn or dusk conditions, improved headlights have the
potential to bring about substantial reductions in fatalities.
Recent advances in
headlight technology make it a good time to focus on the issue. In
many vehicles, high-intensity discharge (HID) or LED lamps have
replaced halogen ones. Curve-adaptive headlights, which swivel
according to steering input, are also becoming more widespread.
Research has shown
advantages for the new headlight types, but they don't guarantee good
performance. The Institute's headlight rating system doesn't favor
one lighting technology over the other, but simply rewards systems
that produce ample illumination without excessive glare for drivers
of oncoming vehicles.
Обычная
оптика Honda Accord, наоборот, получила
приемлемый рейтинг, а ее светодиодные
фары показали худший результат. Худший
галогеновый свет, по мнению испытателей
из IIHS, у BMW 3-Series, он не позволяет ехать
ночью быстрее 60 километров в час
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