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59 points

I live in the SF Bay Area and about 20% of cars are driven with their high beams on all the time. The drivers just click that stalk and leave it there no matter what. It’s an epidemic.

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35 points

They think the blue indicator means their headlights are on.

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21 points

Technically not wrong.

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24 points

I thought this was just a Portland thing… “surely everyone can’t be that stupid”

My latest pair of glasses have a yellow tint for this very reason

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9 points

I see this more in cities. I feel like people who drive in constantly lit streets, don’t understand when to use highbeams, because they never have to.

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3 points

Are the glasses actually effective? Seems like the effect is controversial and perhaps detrimental.

https://www.healthline.com/health/night-driving-glasses#do-they-work

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9 points

They technically work for me. They make bright lights darker… Because they make everything darker. I can’t see anywhere near as good normally while wearing them.

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I did it mainly for looks. It’s a vanity tint more than anything. The white/blue LED lights are a tinge more yellow and seem less painful, but it’s still ridiculous that it’s even a consideration

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Seeing this all the time in Chicago too. It’s really frustrating. Coupled with the same vehicle height and regular light brightness inflation that’s been occurring it’s really bad.

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8 points

Same in Miami. It’s infuriating

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3 points

It’s gotta be some kind of meme, where friends tell friends to do the thing, and they pass it on, because it’s gotten worse and worse over time.

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How do you know they’re not really bright stock/aftermarket lights?

Far fewer than 1/5 vehicles in SF/SJ have their high beams on IMO.

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I mean, 1 in 5 is a lot, just to be perfectly clear, so anything even approaching that is a pretty bad. When I was growing up, the number of cars inappropriately using high beams in city traffic was basically zero, so this is a massive regression.

You can tell that a car is using high beams because their light fixture appears fully and evenly lit from eye level. Low-beam headlights look “half full” from an opposing driver’s view. You can also tell because many lower-end cars have a separate housing just for the high beam that only light up when the high beam is on.

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Seems to be happening all over past few years. I have my psychological theories as to why, but I’ll save those for later.

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