These things always look impressive ... though I don't think I have ever seen a video that shows the view from the cars that are approaching the car with the matrix lights. It always looks good from the matrix owner's point of view but I can't help having a nagging doubt about how this magic works for everyone else! I see cars approaching me with glaring lights from time to time ... I hope the drivers are not smuggly thinking how wonderful their matrix lights are working.
I had a long drive recently, about 2 hours on unlit roads at night and it was easy to spot which were LED and which weren't. A little bit more difficult to figure out which were matrix but after a while, I think I kind of figured it out. (certainly, for cars that had 'good' matrix LED's)
I noticed that those with matrix lights coming at me clearly looked like they had their full beams on, as the headlights looked light football stadium floodlights from a distance. However, they didn't dazzle my eyes at all. Instinct tells you 'that person has their full beams on, no question' but at the same time, my eyes weren't dazzled like you would get if they were on regular full beam.
Not discounting what you're saying at all here Adopado, as sometimes people are just stupid and forget to dip their lights. My overall point is that I think that while it looks like the oncoming car has full beams on, they don't actually dazzle your eyes*
*Of course, that only applies to cars with Matrix lights that work as designed
When I was in the ID3 that time, it wasn't possible for the persons eyes to be dazzled as you could clearly see the lights were shut out for that piece of road, but I guess they would have seen that the headlights looked extremely bright from their position, but just not shining directly at them.
Yeah, I'm a fan of matrix lights. And honestly, on that 2 hour drive, I wish I had them. The way they light up the verge to the left is an incredible safety feature. When you are in the dark on unlit roads, especially if raining, it can be hard to make out where the left boundary of the road is, with the glare of cars are coming at you and you have your light dipped so visibility is quite hard and making out that left boundary is tricky at times. Matrix lights changes that completely, without impacting other drivers. Something we just need to get used to I guess.