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• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I often think about putting an unreasonably bright backwards facing lightbar on my sedan for just such occasions. Guess what bud, now we both can’t see.

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol, that all sounds correct unfortunately.

  The cars with headlights that I find glaring are usually/more often low-beams.
  Or fog lamps bcs “iT mAKeS It lOoK sPorTIeR”.

  Interestingly I can code my DRLs (front and back - diffident markets have different rules regarding what DRLs are & when are needed) to different levels & at default they are at 20 or 30% (the 100% being when used with regular headlights on, probably).

  I tried it bcs I was curious, but was def distracting & I reset them immediately (I didn’t even do both sides, just the right one to have a comparison).

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  • Stez827@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s totally valid to have fog lights for use in fog because they actually do make a massive difference. I am also a fan of how they look they just fill in the bumper nicely. But using them when it isn’t foggy is pretty stupid. I personally have fog lights but barely ever use them other than when I’m on a back road late at night and just want all the visibility possible.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ofc lights have a legitimate purpose.
      They are absolutely paramount to read safety (fuck cars tho for that safety even being in question - even tho I like cars, I want trains too or at least cars on trains).

      I can’t imagine having a car with incandescent lights anymore (like with lots of other tech - like tires).

      I use fog lights (first back, then front) if I literally can’t see taillights in front of me at like a bit over 50(-ish)m & reduced speed.

      I love high beams too, it gives me so much better side-of-the-road awareness (animals), but I also have the finger on the (adaptive) button all the time in case the camera fails & starts closing the gap on a car (no, I don’t have an IR camera :/).

      It’s also stupid how like 20+ year old cars have adaptive high beams (where they don’t shine in other cars), automatic leveling of headlights, and even IR cameras (with ppl & animal spotting & even highlighting), etc - and the auto industry just kept it as an expensive add-on for so many years (things changed slowly, but it’s still not standard).

      At least the lawmakers mandated auto-emergency-braking on new cars (again after 20 years).

      Oh, another example, the French had adaptive (non- high beam) headlights to see around the corner in 1967, yet this is still not mandated.
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      Modern are ofc better - and perhaps fill the purpose you mention you use fog lights for.
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    • Railing5132@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have the factory fog lamps (they’re pretty low) on whenever the low beams are on. I have abysmal night vision and live in a rural area.

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      • Stez827@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They are a separate switch for me but I drive a car from the 80s so idk maybe I’m the weird one

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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol, what a journey!
      It’s not that you can’t see the road that tells you your lights are off, it’s the dashboard.
      But that is def how people’s brainholes work actually.

      Also, there are cars that don’t have automatic headlights and have an (I assume on of those fully) LCD dashboards?
      Around my parts the former predates the latter (in high end cars, like the S-class not by a whole bunch, and there are those 70s cars with monochromatic LCDs, but still).

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The problem with how bright they are nowadays is that the downwards angle required to not blind people in regular driving conditions like small slopes is ridiculous and severely restricts how far you can see

  they’re just too bright now

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