modern headlights often use the exact same light for the “low” and “high” beams. same intensity, just aimed lower and higher, not lower and higher power.
as a result, because y’know how roads aren’t fucking flat and shit, yeah so they inevitably shine directly into your face all the fucking time because like there’s lots of cars and you’re driving for more than two minutes at a time, and so you get blinded
people will claim it’s just poorly adjusted headlights or retrofitted LEDs in halogen housings - it’s those, too, but not JUST those, and the primary cause is that they’re just too fucking bright. the regulations have not caught up. manufacturers get higher safety ratings for brighter lights that blind the oncoming drivers of 5000lb vehicles. it’s fucked. people will tell you “oh matrix headlights will solve this” or that autodetecting headlights work great - no, they won’t, and no, they don’t. they’re too fucking bright. just make them less bright
some of the dumbest shit I have ever seen in my life is people reconciling the concept of their headlights being so goddamn bright that they need to be angled down to prevent blinding people and their headlights not being able to shine far down the road to show where they are driving. like if you just made the lights the same as they were in 2012, you would be able to see farther down the road. it’s fucked.
LED headlights are much brighter, but also there’s a lot of states, mine included, that are getting rid of auto inspections, so nobody has their headlights adjusted properly anymore. Those beams are not supposed to be shining that high, and definitely not in other driver’s faces.
Speaking as someone who went from a “sporty coupe” to a crossover, I know your pain and I fucking hate that I had to join the “every other asshole club.”
you chose to. nobody forced you. you made that choice. your convenience was a higher priority than others’ safety.
fuck you for pretending you had to get a car with blinding headlights. you know it’s disingenuous.
you have options. you can buy a used car that doesn’t have them. you can pay to retrofit safe headlights on. you can angle them wayyyy the fuck down so they never blind anybody, even on bumps and hills. you can tint them to limit the harshness. from your comment, I am assuming you’ve done none of these things
“my LED headlights are wonderful”
Is this why I’m blinded at night by oncoming vehicles? I just assumed that everyone just started driving with the hi-beams on all of a sudden.
yes, it is
modern headlights often use the exact same light for the “low” and “high” beams. same intensity, just aimed lower and higher, not lower and higher power.
as a result, because y’know how roads aren’t fucking flat and shit, yeah so they inevitably shine directly into your face all the fucking time because like there’s lots of cars and you’re driving for more than two minutes at a time, and so you get blinded
people will claim it’s just poorly adjusted headlights or retrofitted LEDs in halogen housings - it’s those, too, but not JUST those, and the primary cause is that they’re just too fucking bright. the regulations have not caught up. manufacturers get higher safety ratings for brighter lights that blind the oncoming drivers of 5000lb vehicles. it’s fucked. people will tell you “oh matrix headlights will solve this” or that autodetecting headlights work great - no, they won’t, and no, they don’t. they’re too fucking bright. just make them less bright
some of the dumbest shit I have ever seen in my life is people reconciling the concept of their headlights being so goddamn bright that they need to be angled down to prevent blinding people and their headlights not being able to shine far down the road to show where they are driving. like if you just made the lights the same as they were in 2012, you would be able to see farther down the road. it’s fucked.
LED headlights are much brighter, but also there’s a lot of states, mine included, that are getting rid of auto inspections, so nobody has their headlights adjusted properly anymore. Those beams are not supposed to be shining that high, and definitely not in other driver’s faces.
Mine are. Everyone else’s aren’t.
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Speaking as someone who went from a “sporty coupe” to a crossover, I know your pain and I fucking hate that I had to join the “every other asshole club.”
you chose to. nobody forced you. you made that choice. your convenience was a higher priority than others’ safety.
fuck you for pretending you had to get a car with blinding headlights. you know it’s disingenuous.
“nice led headlights, wanna see an unregistered firearm?”