Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
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The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?
  • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    171·
    1 day ago

    Yeah, I don’t really like sitting behind them either. We just got a new car and while it isn’t that tall, the lights are just so fucking bright it’s unreal. I find it harder to see at night, at least beyond the zone of my headlights, because it’s so bright my eyes don’t adjust as much. In addition every time hit a bump or crest a hill people act like I’m high-beaming them. I get the frustration dude, but they’re already over-adjusted down, what else am I supposed to do?

    • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
      12·
      1 day ago

      Mistaking the bump for flashing high beams is the most common and serious problem for me. I keep thinking people are trying to get my attention with their lights. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pulled over to make sure I didn’t run over some kind of debris I didn’t notice or check my tires or signals just to realize it was probably just their lights. Flashes and signals are for communication on the roadway. If everyone’s lights are flashing any time there’s a divot or crest in the road, we can’t effectively signal to each other.

      I’ve also noticed that this level of brightness is absolutely shit in fog and stormy weather. Nobody can see fuck all.

      I wish we didn’t have this problem to begin with and would greatly prefer to bike or bus to avoid this altogether, but since I moved out of the city, that is not a viable option.

      • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        1 day ago

        biking isn’t a solution :/ we’re constantly blinded by the oncoming traffic.

        Even walking in the city at night became painful for eyes. You’re approaching an intersection and waiting behind the traffic lights are a dozen spots straight into your eyes

        • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
          3·
          23 hours ago

          Lol yeah I rarely biked past sunset, tbh and used public transit quite a bit after dark, so that makes sense. Still think the less cars, the better.