Headlamp
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A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to illuminate the road ahead. Headlamps are also often called headlights, but in United States usage, headlamp is the term for the device itself
A motor scooter's front with an impractical number and variety of headlamps, added for decorative purposes and characteristic of Mod culture
Ford Model T with acetylene gas headlamps
One of the first optical headlamp lenses, the Corning Conaphore. Selective yellow "Noviol" glass version shown.
1929 Cord L-29 with Woodlite headlamps U.S. patent 1,679,108
Automotive lighting
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Automotive lighting is functional exterior lighting in vehicles. A motor vehicle has lighting and signaling devices mounted to or integrated into its front, rear, sides, and, in some cases, top. Vario
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…minimizing glare toward oncoming traffic. The last vehicles with a foot-operated dimmer switch were the 1991 Ford F-Series and E-Series [Econoline] vans. Fog lamps were new for 1938 Cadillacs, and their 1952 "Autronic Eye" system automated the selection of high and low beams. Directional lighting, using a switch…
Extensively redundant rear lighting on a Thai tour bus
Selective yellow fog lights
A cornering light on a 1983 Oldsmobile 98
Front position light lit within front light assembly on a 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan SE