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My biggest concern is the existing vehicles on the road with illegal bulb conversions, poorly aimed headlights or just inexplicably driving around with the high

My biggest concern is the existing vehicles on the road with illegal bulb conversions, poorly aimed headlights or just inexplicably driving around with the high beams on.

FireBeyond 3y ago
> inexplicably driving around with the high beams on. It's not inexplicable, it's the "fuck you, I got mine", "I'm the most important person on the road". It's the same attitude that people will be in a line of cars and they'll pull out to get two or three cars ahead, or just bully their way ahead, because it's obviously more important that they get where they're going than you do.
- okr 3y ago
  Yaya, its always the other car drivers, that are evil. ;) Here, Headlights are automatic. Imho a matrix LED is at work. And it illuminates wonderfully the surroundings and helped avoiding physical contact with animals, that might have crossed the street. Sometimes, on bumby roads, i get the occasional flashing back to me, or on Autobahn some trucks are bothered by the light. If true or light is only brighter than usual, i can not judge. These things are registered, so i hope they are just brighter than usual.
  - FireBeyond 3y ago
    I have a new Audi that has all that (in the US). It's disabled, but with an OBD tool you can enable it. In about 18 months I've only had someone flash back at me once, maybe twice, so I assume it's doing alright, perhaps.
    - ganoushoreilly 3y ago
      I notice it most in the country headed to our farm. It's great, I just hate having to explain to the audi dealer why It's enabled every service. They get it but I know they'll pull some warranty BS should something happen.
      - FireBeyond 3y ago
        Thankfully the dealership near me has been good. I had an issue where I noticed that keyless entry wasn't working though the fob had new batteries (and was the same with both fobs), nor the "welcome" lighting, and it seemed like the cellular modem was booting up every time. I have a few alterations via OBDeleven, but nothing I thought would mess with that (some lighting stuff, minimize the seat belt chirps, etc.). I forgot to unplug it and when the dealer came up to me and mentioned "Oh, you have ..." I thought the same as you, ah, crap, they're going to blame that, or charge me a diagnostics fee. They just asked what I might have done and asked my permission to wipe anything should the tech think it was necessary. It ended up just being a faulty battery, so the car was shutting down "non-essential" systems to save energy.
        okr 3y ago
        The doors drive me nuts. Sometimes the knobs react on the touch, sometimes they don't. Also changed batteries in the fob, but no behaviour change.
        FireBeyond 3y ago
        The most reliable way I've found to deal with that (I agree) is to not grasp the handle, but slide your hand down vertically on the inside and then grasp. Especially if wet.
    - felixfbecker 3y ago
      May I ask how you enabled it through OBD? Would love to enable it on mine too.
    - bombcar 3y ago
      Auto high beam is disabled? Why? My silly Kia has it as an option (by default, using the stick to turn on “high beams” turns on auto high beam. It seems to work pretty good, maybe not quite as fast as I am but it even turns down when it sees a car ahead going the same way.
      - FireBeyond 3y ago
        No, adaptive matrix headlights are equipped but disabled. Auto high beam is standard.
- voakbasda 3y ago
  There was a recent post here about a study that concluded all sociopaths play their music without headphones in public. I suspect that they also drive around with their high beams on too.
yazzku 3y ago
Is it really the high beams? Headlights do blind me and it's no exaggeration. US roads are so poorly lit that the headlights at this point create too much contrast and I would consider them a hazard, and for some reason they keep getting brighter every year.
- alphabettsy 3y ago
  Quite often yes. It’s easy to tell on common older vehicles that have separate high beams. It’s pretty common that people do this with one low-beam out, but blinding everyone to avoid a fix-it ticket is annoying. Headlights haven’t gotten much brighter, many LED equipped vehicles actually put out less than a really good Xenon from a decade ago, but they have a cooler color temp. Also, lower priced vehicles with LEDs don’t often have the self-adjusting leveling systems that are/were common when HIDs were only available as an expensive option or on pricey cars. Combing Xenon-like or exceeding brightness, cooler temp (appears brighter to human eye), a lack of self-leveling with poor factory alignment and you get our current situation.
  - felixfbecker 3y ago
    Exactly — It's not about the LEDs, it's about the degree and adjustment. Especially coming from a high pickup or SUV while sitting in a sedan within low distance like in city driving.
    - yazzku 3y ago
      Yes, exactly, I'm driving a compact and I often need to wear sunglasses at night.
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My biggest concern is the existing vehicles on the road with illegal bulb conversions, poorly aimed headlights or just inexplicably driving around with the high beams on.

FireBeyond 3y ago

> inexplicably driving around with the high beams on. It's not inexplicable, it's the "fuck you, I got mine", "I'm the most important person on the road". It's the same attitude that people will be in a line of cars and they'll pull out to get two or three cars ahead, or just bully their way ahead, because it's obviously more important that they get where they're going than you do.

okr 3y ago
Yaya, its always the other car drivers, that are evil. ;) Here, Headlights are automatic. Imho a matrix LED is at work. And it illuminates wonderfully the surroundings and helped avoiding physical contact with animals, that might have crossed the street. Sometimes, on bumby roads, i get the occasional flashing back to me, or on Autobahn some trucks are bothered by the light. If true or light is only brighter than usual, i can not judge. These things are registered, so i hope they are just brighter than usual.
- FireBeyond 3y ago
  I have a new Audi that has all that (in the US). It's disabled, but with an OBD tool you can enable it. In about 18 months I've only had someone flash back at me once, maybe twice, so I assume it's doing alright, perhaps.
  - ganoushoreilly 3y ago
    I notice it most in the country headed to our farm. It's great, I just hate having to explain to the audi dealer why It's enabled every service. They get it but I know they'll pull some warranty BS should something happen.
    - FireBeyond 3y ago
      Thankfully the dealership near me has been good. I had an issue where I noticed that keyless entry wasn't working though the fob had new batteries (and was the same with both fobs), nor the "welcome" lighting, and it seemed like the cellular modem was booting up every time. I have a few alterations via OBDeleven, but nothing I thought would mess with that (some lighting stuff, minimize the seat belt chirps, etc.). I forgot to unplug it and when the dealer came up to me and mentioned "Oh, you have ..." I thought the same as you, ah, crap, they're going to blame that, or charge me a diagnostics fee. They just asked what I might have done and asked my permission to wipe anything should the tech think it was necessary. It ended up just being a faulty battery, so the car was shutting down "non-essential" systems to save energy.
      - okr 3y ago
        The doors drive me nuts. Sometimes the knobs react on the touch, sometimes they don't. Also changed batteries in the fob, but no behaviour change.
        FireBeyond 3y ago
        The most reliable way I've found to deal with that (I agree) is to not grasp the handle, but slide your hand down vertically on the inside and then grasp. Especially if wet.
  - felixfbecker 3y ago
    May I ask how you enabled it through OBD? Would love to enable it on mine too.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    Auto high beam is disabled? Why? My silly Kia has it as an option (by default, using the stick to turn on “high beams” turns on auto high beam. It seems to work pretty good, maybe not quite as fast as I am but it even turns down when it sees a car ahead going the same way.
    - FireBeyond 3y ago
      No, adaptive matrix headlights are equipped but disabled. Auto high beam is standard.
voakbasda 3y ago
There was a recent post here about a study that concluded all sociopaths play their music without headphones in public. I suspect that they also drive around with their high beams on too.

yazzku 3y ago

Is it really the high beams? Headlights do blind me and it's no exaggeration. US roads are so poorly lit that the headlights at this point create too much contrast and I would consider them a hazard, and for some reason they keep getting brighter every year.

alphabettsy 3y ago
Quite often yes. It’s easy to tell on common older vehicles that have separate high beams. It’s pretty common that people do this with one low-beam out, but blinding everyone to avoid a fix-it ticket is annoying. Headlights haven’t gotten much brighter, many LED equipped vehicles actually put out less than a really good Xenon from a decade ago, but they have a cooler color temp. Also, lower priced vehicles with LEDs don’t often have the self-adjusting leveling systems that are/were common when HIDs were only available as an expensive option or on pricey cars. Combing Xenon-like or exceeding brightness, cooler temp (appears brighter to human eye), a lack of self-leveling with poor factory alignment and you get our current situation.
- felixfbecker 3y ago
  Exactly — It's not about the LEDs, it's about the degree and adjustment. Especially coming from a high pickup or SUV while sitting in a sedan within low distance like in city driving.
  - yazzku 3y ago
    Yes, exactly, I'm driving a compact and I often need to wear sunglasses at night.

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