Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us again for another Safety Saturday. Today we will be diving into High Beam Assist. This feature, in my opinion, is one of the coolest in the Safety Shield 360®. The first time my husband drove my 2022 Nissan Sentra equipped with this feature he was amazed! So, let’s get into what makes this feature so great.
What Is It?
According to Nissan, this feature “automatically turns on the high beam headlights when you need them, and switches to low beam when it detects a vehicle ahead”. For example, say you are driving on one of the back-country roads that we have here in South Alabama. Most of those roads, if not all, don’t have street lights which makes it very hard to see everything without your high beams. With High Beam Assist, the car will recognize that the high beams are needed and automatically turn them on for you. If you happen to meet another driver also traveling that same road, the vehicle will sense their headlights and automatically turn your high beams off. Once you pass that vehicle, the high beams will turn right back on.
How Does It Work?
The way this technology works is quite simple. It “uses a front-facing ambient image sensor located near the rearview mirror” to detect light and dark. When the sensor sees that it is very dark outside, it will turn those high beams on, and when it senses the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, it will turn the high beams off. Who knew that such a small sensor could power such a convenient feature?
Why Does It Benefit You?
I know that many of you are saying to yourself, why would I even need this feature? I can turn my high beams off and on by hand. Think about this. How many times have you had your high beams on and forgot to turn them off when you saw an oncoming vehicle? I know that I certainly have and other people have done it to me as well. It would be nice to know that you have the High Beam Assist to be there to always remember to turn those high beams off to not blind the other driver coming your way.
Check out this video below for a live-action look at how High Beam Assist works:
? "Safety Shield 360 Walkaround: Dialing Up Nissan Intelligent Mobility." Nissan Virtual Academy, 10 Jan. 2022, lms.nnanet.com/VA3/Pages/ArticlePg.aspx?vw=NNA2100001&path=/content/system_simulatons/en/va_2_0/2021/12/NST/SafetyShield360Walkaround-1221N&ext=.html. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023.
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