The top one is diffused, bottom one untouched and only shining forward like a laser.

This is obviously no special flashlight, but rather a simple example of how to fix/address the obvious problems with blinding LED headlights mentioned in this post…

https://feddit.org/post/17852030

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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    20 days ago

    What disappoints me is that there’s basically no angle adjustment or even options for the newer proprietary specialty OEM headlights anymore.

    Used to be screw adjustments to angle them up, down, left or right. But now the headlights are basically fixed in the OEM engineered position, with no fucks to give about tiny vehicles like my mom’s 1994 Nissan Sentra…

    At least her headlights are adjustable.

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      19 days ago

      The newer cars that I’ve owned all had a means to adjust the headlight angle from within the car itself. I suspect that many drivers aren’t aware of this. I was told that the adjustment is because if you have a bunch of stuff in your trunk, it can cause your headlights to be angled up higher than they otherwise would be.

      However, I am now recalling that when I moved home recently, and almost certainly should have used this adjustment wheel, it didn’t occur to me to do so. I suspect that drivers who do have the means to adjust it either don’t know about it, or they forget

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        19 days ago

        I find myself just recently learning that these newer vehicles actually do have headlight angle adjustments, but they damn sure don’t look like it with these very custom design and engineered assemblies.

        Sigh, if only modern vehicles in the USA weren’t 7 to 8 feet tall for no good reason, with the headlights about 4 or 5 feet or so off the ground… ☹️

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      19 days ago

      Every USA and EU market headlight is adjustable. I don’t know where you are, but you should probably read the owners manual.

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        19 days ago

        Or maybe like purchase the Hayne’s/Chilton manual.

        Oh wait, they stopped making those around 2013 or so…