New Regulations about Cars to be Introduced 2018

[PhilT]

The irony is they are in many ways relaxing the laws while we had a discussion in another thread about some of the problems of modern vehicle designs.

Automotive and Traffic Related Lighting Too Bright

Am I the only person in the country who finds the new LED headlights, brake lights and indicator lights so bright that it’s impossible to see anything else on the road? It’s the same with LED traffic lights. They are blinding in the darkness of night. It’s illegal to drive towards oncoming traffic with high beams on, but some of these LED lights are brighter than the older style high beams and that’s without the LED lights having high beam mode switched on.

and then tracking recalls?

Takata airbags recall replacements and buying affected used vehicles

Our Subaru Outback has had the “faulty” air bags replaced and we have been assured by the dealer that these are a new brand and not just the same Takata replacement. He did say that the media was slightly behind the times, in that if the faulty airbags were replaced with exactly the same model, that owner would get another notification to replace the airbag again within 2 years. Apparently it takes 6 years for the airbag corrosion to become dangerous, and the corrosion is more prevalent in hig…