Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
theringer.com
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?
  • skulblakaEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    In any state that requires safety inspections that is 100% definitely illegal, proper headlight alignment is one of the things required to be checked to pass an inspection.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The question I had was if the responsibillity would be on the driver or on Tesla.

      • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Let’s assume the manufacturer actually disabled your brakes with an update or someone cut you break lines clean through and you then still drive around… The driver is at fault. You can not drive around with an unsafe vehicle just because someone else made it so, instead of actively doing it yourself. This goes as far as not noticing that your breaks are simply worn out (loud noise or light on the dash): You are absolutely liable if you fail to notice this.

        With the manipulation it would be different if that would happen while driving, for obvious reasons.

        Generally if you are putting others at risk because you do something: You are liable.

        • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          18 hours ago

          Exactly, however I would be willing to entertain the posibillity that Tesla would be found guilty of tampering in s separate case.