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In my experience, factory-installed headlights are rarely problematic. The primary offenders here seem to be after-market headlight additions. People purchase a
by anderiv 4y ago
In my experience, factory-installed headlights are rarely problematic. The primary offenders here seem to be after-market headlight additions. People purchase and install whatever their local auto parts store has that is bigger and brighter, and rarely take the time to properly align the headlights after the upgrade. This results in light being thrown much farther and wider than it ought to be.
- dylan604 4y agoI hate calling for crackdowns on petty issues from police types, but this is one of those areas that I would love to see.
- skunkworker 4y agoAnother one is putting bulbs intended for projectors into a reflector setup without doing a projector retrofit.
- modzu 4y agothat used to be true, but not anymore. many stock LEDs are bonkers bright
- archi42 4y agoAround here essentially all car lights are regulated. This mostly helps with people installing such crap. Though I once discovered the inverse issue at the rear end of the car in front of me: Whoever thought a brake light should be a faint, red glimmer in completely black-tinted plastic (that's impossible to see from a few metres on a cloudy day) is either bonkers or pretty smart: I bet people actually buying these regularly need new ones. Especially considering that with many modern cars, standing behind them at a traffic light and basking in the red brake lights feels like going to an adult club. (Luckily I have radar with emergency brake assist, so except for the sound of me cursing to myself not a lot happened on the occasion).