A U.S. organisation calling itself the Soft Lights Foundation are demanding a ban on what they call “blinding headlights” and “dazzle headlights”. Through social-media promotion and thoughtless mass-media parroting, they’ve managed to collect just under 50,000 signatures so far. The ‘organisation’, so to speak, is the passion project of one Mark Baker, who presents himself…
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.