Q. Do cars come equipped with lights that shine on one side of a vehicle when turning?
To aid visibility in turns, some cars come with lights at the corners that illuminate during low-speed turns. Often referred to as “cornering lights” or “side illumination lights,” these activate as you enter a turn, such as when making a 90-degree left- or right-hand turn in a dark subdivision.
However, they don’t work at higher speeds, mostly because drivers aren’t making such sharp turns on the highway.
The newer technology is called adaptive headlights, which swivel while you steer.
There is also a still-newer lighting technology, called adaptive driving beam, where you are essentially driving with high beams illuminated all of the time, but glare is blocked to oncoming and followed traffic. Audi…
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Consumer Reports New Cars (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024