An automatic vehicle equipment control system comprising: at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and said at least one imager comprising a pixel array; a processor in communication with said at least one imager, and configured to process said continuous sequence of said high dynamic range images; a color spectral filter array in optical communication with said at least one imager, said color spectral filter array comprising a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of said pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one said spectral color filter; and a lens (1, 411) in optical communication with said at least one imager and said color spectral filter array; wherein said imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, wherein each pixel of the pixel array is configured to determine an integration period independent of an integration period for other pixels of the pixel array in the one image frame, such that at least two pixels of the pixel array have a different integration period, and the automatic vehicle equipment control system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from said oncoming headlamp from data in said one image frame; wherein the pixels of the one image frame are captured at a plurality of different integration periods in said one image frame, and wherein said imager is configured to have a non-harmonic frequency frame rate with respect to an alternating current light source having a line frequency of 50Hz or 60Hz. at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and said at least one imager comprising a pixel array; a processor in communication with said at least one imager, and configured to process said continuous sequence of said high dynamic range images; a color spectral filter array in optical communication with said at least one imager, said color spectral filter array comprising a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of said pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one said spectral color filter; and a lens (1, 411) in optical communication with said at least one imager and said color spectral filter array; wherein said imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, wherein each pixel of the pixel array is configured to determine an integration period independent of an integration period for other pixels of the pixel array in the one image frame, such that at least two pixels of the pixel array have a different integration period, and the automatic vehicle equipment control system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from said oncoming headlamp from data in said one image frame; wherein the pixels of the one image frame are captured at a plurality of different integration periods in said one image frame, and wherein said imager is configured to have a non-harmonic frequency frame rate with respect to an alternating current light source having a line frequency of 50Hz or 60Hz.