Shit people on trains don’t have to deal with, volume 41,872.
And fuck the manufacturers for making headlights as bright as nuclear fusion.
Recently bought a new vehicle and the headlights were adjusted about 2 feet higher than legal (at 50 feet distance). That can be a large part of the problem. If you are getting flashed by people for your normal beams, look this up online and correct it.
Yeah absolutely this is an issue - people’s low beams are adjusted to point too high (not dipped enough toward the road). Also people get LED lights or high power halogens installed and don’t even think about the beam height.
I’m increasingly getting blinded by oncoming traffic while driving in the city. They haven’t got their high beams on, but they drive high vehicles and the low beams are not dipped correctly. Head on and also people behind me reflecting in my side mirrors.
It’s happening 2-3 times on a 15 min commute for me, and for the first time in my life I’m getting scared about night driving.
Speaking of trains: if you happen to drive on a road that parallels a train track, and you see train lights: switch of your brights.
There’s a train driver in that train, and he has to watch his track just as you have to watch the road. And no, they don’t have magical eyes that don’t get blinded by those bright lights.
When you flash your brights at someone because you think their brights are on (because they are too bright) and it’s their low beams and they flash you to show you they’re not a jerk, blinding you in the process.
I always thought it was more of a “see an optometrist” flash. Even misaligned HID high beams aren’t more than a minor nuisance for people with normal night vision. But if even factory installed and aimed LED headlights are bothering you enough to completely blind you, you have an underlying condition that may or may not be treatable. Driving at night may not be something these people can do safely. All the more reason for better transit.
LED headlamps don’t bother me as much when I’m driving in a lit area. My main issue is driving in more rural areas (most of my driving) and it takes my eyes a moment to adjust back to the ambient darkness. You’re saying that’s a me problem? I was under the impression that was a pretty normal physiological response?
It’s a commonly commiserated problem because it impacts different people to differing degrees. Some are actually impaired by the light, and I imagine others just complain because they have to avert their gaze to the edge of the road but don’t actually lose their night vision. But if you have ever had LASIK, have a vitamin A deficiency, a genetic condition impacting vision, or a more common condition such as diabetes or cataracts, the way light passes through your eye is different than normal and bright lights at night can blind you. You may not notice that you don’t have particularly good night vision unless you are around someone who does. If in doubt, it probably doesn’t hurt to get it checked out, especially if it didn’t bother you when you were younger but does now.
Don’t forget fog lights 24/7 365 because why should you pay attention to how the moving thing works
Idk how it works in USA or whatever you’re from, but in my country either those or low-beams can to be turned on during the daytime. Granted, on more modern cars there’s a dedicated set of lights for that purpose, but still they aren’t everywhere (also, more modern cars suck ass).