I thought the same thing at first. I have been running them for almost a year and have never had another driver flash their lights at me. I really don’t think it is a problem. The DRLs do not have a sharp cutoff like the headlights. They look much brighter than the headlights when viewed from close to the car and well above the headlight cutoff line. But that is not really a good viewing angle. If you turn your high-beams on and walk far enough away so you can view the car from within the main part of the headlight beam, you will see that the DRLs appear pretty dim compared to the high beams. They look like normal low beams or even relatively dim low beams.
Another way to judge these is if you can get them on during darkness with the headlights off (it is difficult to achieve this condition), you will see that alone, they make terrible headlights. You can't see much with them. Too dim for driving.
I assume that since they are designed to be on while driving, they conform to some official brightness standard. Also note the the European version Ampera has these lights on at night as a standard configuration.
Overall, I really like the mod. I think it helps fill out the headlight beam nicely and improve vision at night.
Another way to judge these is if you can get them on during darkness with the headlights off (it is difficult to achieve this condition), you will see that alone, they make terrible headlights. You can't see much with them. Too dim for driving.
I assume that since they are designed to be on while driving, they conform to some official brightness standard. Also note the the European version Ampera has these lights on at night as a standard configuration.
Overall, I really like the mod. I think it helps fill out the headlight beam nicely and improve vision at night.
