You must have come across this irritating situation while driving at night when you find the headlight lamp focus from an opposite vehicle coming straight to your eyes, making things difficult to assess, and giving rise to a situation of a collision or a possible accident. The matrix-style headlights don't meet this rule as they operate as a single function that handles both low- … I'd rather be in control of the lights anyways, I have the HID's and let me tell you, those things are bright as heck from the factory (without the highs on) When your car is parked or idling with the wheel cranked toward the road, the lights will be turned off to protect other drivers. Like automatic headlights, the system is driver-selectable. True, unless you have your fog circuit modded. After this, reduced if not eliminated headlight dimming and my transmission seems to shift with less clunkification, although that could just be my brain making that part up, but I'll take it. Various luxury auto manufacturers have developed headlights that auto-dim when they notice another car, but that means you're stuck with low-beams until the path clears. I have a jumper feeding the fog circuit from another source which is hot while the ignition is on. I noticed Mercedes are fitting auto dipping headlights to some of their top end cars. Just a guess, but I'm thinking that for oncoming traffic equipped with auto dimming headlights, those cars are going to need an awful lot of light for that feature to work. There is an option for "Dimming" in the settings, but this refers to the actual interior lights being auto-dimmed. Why an Automatic Headlight Dimmer/Dipper is so Important in Vehicles. The fusion got the auto-dimming high beams but the Escape didn't. My 2011 Silverado's headlights dimmed when I first turned on the signals... no other car I have ever had did this. My 2014, same thing. Adaptive headlights also include an auto-off setting to help prevent you from “blinding” fellow drivers or leaving your lights on. Don’t mind since dogs are LED. Way more than what most bikes are going to have available. Currently in the U.S., cars need to have separate high- and low-beam settings. Headlights still auto dim … Most commonly, the driver leaves the high-beam switch on all the time and activates a second button for the automatic function. E-Wheels Well-Known Member. 10 Cars with LED Lights that Outshine the Competition 10 New Cars With Head-Up Displays 10 Cars with Adaptive Headlights Headlights automatically turn on during rain or twilight, helping to improve the visibility of your vehicle The system features two functions: Twilight Detection automatically turns on the headlights when the light in the surroundings begins to decrease; Front Windshield Wiper Connectivity automatically turns on the headlights when the windshield wipers are used during rain. Reactions: BMcD.