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The vast majority of hidden headlamps are on cars, however, there are a handful of vehicles included in the list that do not fit this category. These include motorcycles , buses and trains . Hidden headlamps have rarely been installed on vehicles since the turn of the millennium, with only low volume production vehicles being manufactured since ...
Two images showing a Mazda 323F's headlights retracted and visible. Hidden headlamps, also commonly known as pop-up headlamps, pop-up headlights, flip-eye headlamps, or hideaway headlights, are a form of automotive lighting and an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobile's headlamps when they are not in use.
Last year, the U.S. began allowing a headlight technology to improve nighttime visibility and reduce glare. But there are still no vehicles with it for sale.
An automotive night vision system uses a thermographic camera to increase a driver's perception and seeing distance in darkness or poor weather beyond the reach of the vehicle's headlights. Such systems are offered as optional equipment on certain premium vehicles.
Car owners routinely worry about everything from check engine lights to squeaky brakes, but they could be overlooking a more serious, silent problem. Drivers are overlooking a huge safety risk by ...
A Londoner pointing a torch at the ground during a blackout to find her way home at night in 1940 Blackout regulations in Norwich, England during the First World War. During World War II, the Air Ministry had forecast that Britain would suffer night air bombing attacks causing large numbers of civilian casualties and mass destruction. It was ...
Designed by Harley J. Earl, the car had power-operated hidden headlamps, a "gunsight" hood ornament, electric windows, [5] wraparound bumpers, flush door handles, and prefigured styling cues used by Buick until the 1950s and the vertical waterfall grille design still used by Buick today.
Cars in the US only have red tail lights, and no blue lights; a vehicle displaying a red (forward-facing) light (flashing or not) coming towards a driver, or from behind the driver (in rearview mirror) indicates that an official emergency vehicle is coming, requiring the driver to yield, pull off to the side of the road, or otherwise get out of ...