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IMO at night the white LED lights aren't the problem; the people who insist on driving everywhere with their high beams on all the time are. Maybe it's just me

IMO at night the white LED lights aren't the problem; the people who insist on driving everywhere with their high beams on all the time are. Maybe it's just me but it seems that more people than ever are driving with their brights on - and those people are by and large driving vehicles with halogen lights.

BobbyTables2 3y ago
I’ve also noticed this consistently in recent years. Literally cannot drive 10 minutes without encountering a vehicle with high beams on (can tell by the location, not brightness alone). I’m talking about busy urban areas, not the boonies. This happens far more often than cars with no headlights (which used to be more common). At first I thought this was some sort of signal for drugs/etc. Of course that makes little sense… However, in reality it’s probably worse than that…
sokoloff 3y ago
I’ve noticed a fair number of these cases where you can tell one of their low beams is burned out. “I can’t see with my half a low beam, and rather than fixing it, I’ll just turn on my high beams. There, I fixed it.”
globular-toast 3y ago
Welcome to the generation of drivers that have never switched their headlights on or off ever. They'll drive in inclement weather with no lights because it's still bright enough to not trigger the dusk sensor. They'll sit on the side of their road with headlights shining fully for no reason. They basically don't know the lights are there. Why would they? Never used the road outside of a car. Never known any different.
doctorwho42 3y ago
I think some of those people just don't have their headlights adjusted properly. I have noticed that in the last 5 years more and more people just don't know that your headlights are supposed to be pointed downward and not straight ahead. This becomes more obvious when you look at bikes, the amount of bikes I have seen with their blinding LEDs pointed straight ahead 'because they want to be seen by cars" is insane. They don't understand that you don't need to be directly in the beam to see a light source. What I thought was common knowledge seems to have been disappeared
thedougd 3y ago
Yes! And I’ve noticed it tends to be the older cars with ‘low’ temperature lights. I have two theories: 1- They are trying to compensate for their hazed, plastic headlight enclosures. Unfortunately not only are the high beams brighter, they point up. 2- It’s a stick it to the people with newer cars and their obnoxiously bright lights mentality.

BobbyTables2 3y ago

I’ve also noticed this consistently in recent years. Literally cannot drive 10 minutes without encountering a vehicle with high beams on (can tell by the location, not brightness alone). I’m talking about busy urban areas, not the boonies. This happens far more often than cars with no headlights (which used to be more common). At first I thought this was some sort of signal for drugs/etc. Of course that makes little sense… However, in reality it’s probably worse than that…

sokoloff 3y ago

I’ve noticed a fair number of these cases where you can tell one of their low beams is burned out. “I can’t see with my half a low beam, and rather than fixing it, I’ll just turn on my high beams. There, I fixed it.”

globular-toast 3y ago

Welcome to the generation of drivers that have never switched their headlights on or off ever. They'll drive in inclement weather with no lights because it's still bright enough to not trigger the dusk sensor. They'll sit on the side of their road with headlights shining fully for no reason. They basically don't know the lights are there. Why would they? Never used the road outside of a car. Never known any different.

doctorwho42 3y ago

I think some of those people just don't have their headlights adjusted properly. I have noticed that in the last 5 years more and more people just don't know that your headlights are supposed to be pointed downward and not straight ahead. This becomes more obvious when you look at bikes, the amount of bikes I have seen with their blinding LEDs pointed straight ahead 'because they want to be seen by cars" is insane. They don't understand that you don't need to be directly in the beam to see a light source. What I thought was common knowledge seems to have been disappeared

thedougd 3y ago

Yes! And I’ve noticed it tends to be the older cars with ‘low’ temperature lights. I have two theories: 1- They are trying to compensate for their hazed, plastic headlight enclosures. Unfortunately not only are the high beams brighter, they point up. 2- It’s a stick it to the people with newer cars and their obnoxiously bright lights mentality.