> introduced by PWM dimming, but why would that be a low enough frequency to bother people?
The human fovea has a much lower effective refresh rate than your peripheral vision. So you might notice the flickering of tail lights (and daytime running lights) seen out of the corner of your eye even though you can't notice when looking directly at them.
For sure. I summarized my particular sensitivity too aggressively earlier, but I tend to see flicker straight on up to 65 Hz and peripherally up to 120 Hz if it's particularly egregious (i.e., long valleys) but usually up to something less. In any case, I've never noticed car tail lights flickering even peripherally, despite video artifacts revealing that they do flicker.
The human fovea has a much lower effective refresh rate than your peripheral vision. So you might notice the flickering of tail lights (and daytime running lights) seen out of the corner of your eye even though you can't notice when looking directly at them.