headlight

A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead. Headlamps are also often called headlights, but in the most precise usage, headlamp is the term for the device itself and headlight is the term for the beam of light produced and distributed by the device.
Headlamp performance has steadily improved throughout the automobile age, spurred by the great disparity between daytime and nighttime traffic fatalities: the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that nearly half of all traffic-related fatalities occur in the dark, despite only 25% of traffic travelling during darkness.Other vehicles, such as trains and aircraft, are required to have headlamps. Bicycle headlamps are often used on bicycles, and are required in some jurisdictions. They can be powered by a battery or a small generator like a bottle or hub dynamo.

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  1. jamakr4

    Standart vs Luxury Headlights

    Just wanted to ask how big the difference in quality really is. The standard headlights seem to have a projector, while the luxury ones use parabolic reflectors. Usually, projector headlights are considered better and also more expensive to build — therefore, I’m a bit confused and would like to...
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    • Forum: MG4 EV Forum
  2. J

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  3. MG67

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  4. R

    MG ZS headlight adjustment

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  5. P

    Headlight beam

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  6. J

    Random headlight failure

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  7. C

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  8. N

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  9. M

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  10. D

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  11. C

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  12. billdunstew

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  13. J

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  14. jackhill1

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  15. M

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  16. Mitch AC DC

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  17. L

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  18. Superbracey

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  19. Les burrows

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  20. maskull

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