A Citizen Barks About Glare: Misfire Amidst a Toxic Mess

Analysis by Daniel Stern, DVN Chief Editor A lighting non-expert sent me an e-mail a few months ago, and shared his pet theory with me: noncompliant headlamps are rampant on American roads, he said; they put out many times more glare than is allowed. He’d found a photometric table from FMVSS 108 and interpreted it…

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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.