Also, for what you said to make sense you have to do better than speculating that brighter headlights allowing people to see further is outweighed by them causing glare for oncoming drivers. It's entirely possible this is a good safety tradeoff.
Still, from a very cursory bit of reading it seems that these are designed to detect other vehicle headlights only. How about pedestrians and cyclists (or even motorcyclists)? I'm really not convinced that these sorts of technical solutions are the best way to address the problem (in the same way that forward and reverse cameras - while helpful - aren't a proper solution to good old fashioned line of sight).
There's no reason matrix headlights can't block light for any reason, the Teslas and other ADAS systems see bikers and pedestrians so I don't see why that wouldn't be possible.
And I don’t know that they’ve shown this for pedestrians on the pedestrian path, at distance, at night.
It's possible that this awareness is what's used as input for the matrix headlights. Either entirely, or in coordination with detecting oncoming headlights.
I'm confused about your mention of technical solutions. What would a non-technical solution look like?
Something like ensuring that headlights are lower. I'm not against technical improvements, but I think that simple, less error-prone improvements should be given higher priority.
Pedestrians?
It's a whole different ballgame having a pedestrian blinded vs having a driver blinded. I'm not saying it's good for a pedestrian, but we have to consider the inherent risk of that vs t hem not being seen at all because the light gives no opportunity to reflect off of them.
The answer is that the technology is advertised as not dazzling oncoming drivers only.
Further, the little explanation of the technology I could find stated it worked by detecting headlights and taillights of cars.
The remaining area will be lit with modern high-intensity beam.
Thus, I conclude that the pedestrians and cyclists will be blinded.
> matrix headlights, consist of numerous small LED elements and mirrors that can control a light beam in complex ways. This allows the lights to be more precisely aimed, illuminating what the driver needs to see without blinding other motorists, pedestrians, or cyclists.
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That matches my lived experience in the UK. Not that every driver will dip for pedestrians, but matrix ones certainly don't