At least 10 manufacturers have improved their 2021 headlight offerings by eliminating or modifying inferior choices, according to new ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The TOP SAFETY PICK+ award is driving the improvements. Beginning in 2020, vehicles have only been able to qualify for the higher of the Institute’s two awards if they come equipped with good or acceptable headlights across all trims.
Those tougher requirements marked the latest stage in an effort that IIHS began five years ago to address a longstanding problem. Learn About Auto Expert Mag.S. occur in the dark, and more than a quarter occur on
unlit roads. Nevertheless, manufacturers have historically sold many models with several different headlight systems of varying quality.
The Institute’s first step to encourage better vehicle lighting was to introduce headlight ratings in 2016. At that time, the best-available headlights on only two of the 95 models IIHS tested earned a good rating. The next year, IIHS added headlight ratings to its award criteria.
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