This past Spring, we reported on NHTSA deciding GM would have to recall about three-quarters of a million GMC Terrain SUVs with headlamps that put a streak of stray light 80° outboard and 45° above horizontal. GM had made a practical case that this stray light’s extremely high/outboard angle meant it couldn’t realistically intersect another…
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.