BMW plans to give its owners more weaponry in their antisocial mission: laser headlamps. Photo BMW
Wonderful. Technology has added yet another way for BMW drivers to show complete disregard for other road users — laser headlights. Projected use: Zapping cyclists.
LEDs are obviously over already, and BMW plans to further enable its over-entitled, road-owning customers in their war on civility. The lights burn so much brighter than LEDs (170 lumens per watt instead of 100 lumens), and the diodes are so much smaller (10 microns) that they could disappear into the bodywork the way Apple hides the lights in its MacBooks. Kinda.
Of course, BMW won't actually be ditching the headlamps, as they "play an important role in the styling of a BMW," and let you know what kind of car it is that has been tailgating you for the last five miles (as if you even needed to check).
Instead, the biggest advantage will be to save power, as lasers are more efficient. And BMW might consider removing the indicator lights from its cars, too — it's not that the drivers ever use them.
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