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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Enough is enough here.  Coming home last night for dinner, every fifth or sixth car has headlights so INSANELY bright that they are totally blinding me and destroying my night vision, to the point of where it’s getting dangerous. I am a small government guy and hate overregulation, but in this case I think there needs to be some sort of national standard or regulation of the brightness of car headlights. They continue to get brighter and brighter, it’s ridiculous and IMO getting dangerous. Does anyone else out there feel this way?? | ||
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| Freethinker |
Holy chit! Yes!!! It’s to the point that I can barely see the “fog line” at the side of the road to know if I’m still on the highway, much less have any idea what’s beyond the oncoming vehicle whose headlights are doing their best to destroy my retinas. The “low” beams of many vehicles are far brighter than the highs used to be. Just a couple of nights ago a vehicle with planet melting beams and a pedestrian on the side of the road were approaching in my direction at the same time. Even though the vehicle was large and close to the center line I avoided drifting too far right but still barely missed the walker. Countless other times I’ve had no idea what might have been waiting for me past an oncoming vehicle in a rural area where there’s no illumination besides my headlights. And don’t get me started on lighting at nighttime construction sites or the proliferation of illuminated billboards. Yeah, yeah, I know: You never drive any place where it’s really dark at night, or it’s all multiple lane highways, so what’s the big deal?  ► 6.4/93.6 ___________ “We are Americans …. Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.” — George H. W. Bush | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
I thought there already was? Problem is, ISTR from reading an article on this very subject w/in the last few years: Automakers appear to be either disregarding it, complying to the bare minimum requirements, fudging their results, etc. That has been one of my few design complaints about my 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee: The headlights are no better than had been those on my 2007 Chevy TrailBlazer, and maybe not even as good. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Especially the idiots with the "After Market" lights and they do not get them properly aligned. Same with the lifted trucks. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| My other Sig is a Steyr.  |
Well the guy selling them said I could put these LED lights in the old housing and see everything... | |||
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I simply cannot see the road. Now it is too or three rows of lights on a lifted truck. I guess it is handy for spotting deer. If you are senstive to glare the situation is even worse. | |||
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And the different colored lights .. I saw a car with blue headlights this week . That can't be legal . | |||
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The regulation is FMVSS (Federal motor vehicle safety standard) 108, I believe. I've read recently it's getting some revision, and I hope the automotive lighting overlords "do the right thing." I'm with you guys -- automotive lighting is a disaster these days. In Mom's words, "the people who design and advertise these things evidently never take a moment to actually use them." This discussion ties in with my rant about daytime running lights (DRLs) and the arms race manufacturers seem to have going. "Hey, guys, who can make their DRLs the most gaudy, the brightest, the most annoying to other drivers? Oh, and by the way, fellas, while you're lighting the heck out of the front of the car, don't bother with the taillights, mkay?" I could rant on this for a while -- and have before -- but for now I'll leave it here for now and respectfully follow the discussion. God bless America. | |||
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I hit them with the high beams and most of the time that points their lights high enough that I can see again. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
The newer Super Duty Ford low beams are blinding even on stock non-lifted trucks. And speaking of blue headlights, we had a heavy fog about month ago and a guy with blue headlights created a giant wall of blue light in the fog. I had to stop until he went by because it was impossible to see anything else. | |||
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A Beautiful Mind |
My Grandad used to just start steering towards coke that wouldn’t dim their high beams after he gave them a courtesy flash. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” ― H.L. Mencken -All views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of the author's employer- | |||
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| A Beautiful Mind |
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” ― H.L. Mencken -All views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of the author's employer- | |||
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| A Beautiful Mind |
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” ― H.L. Mencken -All views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of the author's employer- | |||
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| A Beautiful Mind |
My Grandad used to just start steering towards cars that wouldn’t dim their high beams after he gave them a courtesy flash. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” ― H.L. Mencken -All views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of the author's employer- | |||
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Raptorman |
I've got a huge handheld for when they refuse to lower their goddammed high beams. Shit, I stop and just give it to them. I've had assholes in lifted trucks tailgate me with their fucking brights on, then pass me and hit a set of rear LEDs. The handheld will blind them on the spot. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Res ipsa loquitur |
Agreed. As mentioned, Ford’s new LED lights on their SuperDuty trucks are like a searchlight. Carmakers should be required to issue a recall and change the lights out on these vehicles. __________________________ | |||
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I think tinted windows go along with this. It's like wearing sunglasses at night, and when you can't see anything, getting a brighter flashlight instead of just taking the sunglasses off. "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I'm not being snarky but have you had your eyes checked lately? especially for cataracts? "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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I don't think cataracts have anything to do with the problem. It's insanely bright LED headlights. For those who suggest blinding the oncoming driver with a handheld or other, is that really a wise decision? | |||
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I Deal In Lead |
I think the Rev is right. I have cataracts, but they're not anywhere near bad enough to get operated on yet, maybe they never will be, but I can see where they put halos on oncoming headlights. But, they aren't really all that bright to me. | |||
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