One of the many problems with these massive pickup trucks is that the headlights are so high up that the normal mode is effectively high-beams for anyone who isn’t also in a massive pickup truck
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wander1236@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
JordanZ@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
The headlights should be pointed at a downward slope on all vehicles. If they aren’t tailgating it’s usually not a problem. Sadly most do tailgate and some even flatten the beam of the lights or they raised the truck and didn’t readjust the headlights which is effectively similar. I drive a Miata, it’s usually not glaring until they’re right up on you at a light.
Random side note, the outside “C” shaped lights(different shapes on different vehicles) in this pic. Those are the DRL(daytime running light) and for anybody that doesn’t know…those are only on the front of the vehicle. I see so many people zooming around with no taillights because of this. They pull up at stops and see lights reflecting off the car in front and just assume their headlights are on. These are sometimes the same people that complain their new cars headlights suck…cause they have yet to turn them on.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 hours 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.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 hours 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
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 hours 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).
kameecoding@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
At least for SUVs some manufacturers finally realized that you don’t need to put the beams at the top of the front, you can have the DLRs there and have the beams at the bottom.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
That’s the only redeeming quality of the Cybertruck. Its headlights are low in the bumper area.
Also it makes it easy to identify wannabe fascists.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
Maybe it’s also bcs it’s a global model & some markets do have prescribed a max & a min height of a headlight from the ground (I heard even UK had or has that).
It’s also why trucks in EU have regular headlamps closer to the ground compared to those in USA.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
This is a really good idea, and I’m glad some manufacturers are doing it. It’d be great if Ford could follow suit because the LED high beams in my car blind me every time a retro-reflector is nearby.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
It’s the brightness primarily, but yes made worse by the height
BCsven@lemmy.ca 9 minutes ago
Higher is supposes to be fine if you re aim them for the standard cut off height/distance, but some of the factory ones (I think Nissan Rogue) are just absolutely blinding on normal factory height
ikidd@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Sometimes I wonder if people know how lights work, and this goes both ways apparently. I have a couple Western Stars and a Peterbilt, and the low beams are aimed to have the same throw as a passenger vehicle that isn’t driven by an idiot that can’t aim lights. And those trucks sit much, much higher than a pickup.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 hours ago
… but this has got to be a failure of state (legislature & enforcement) on both counts, right?
dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
pubic servants
Need me one of those amiright?
heleos@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Unfortunately those are low beams because the fog lights are on. You probably don’t want to see the high beams
BCsven@lemmy.ca 13 minutes ago
Our foglights are independent of the high or low beam setting
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
I always find it funny when somebody with blinding headlights is driving towards me and I flash them, only for there to be some barely discernible change in their lights that I soon realize was them flashing me back
not that I could fucking tell a difference
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
New trucks only have high beams and higher beams.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
It’s not just trucks it’s pretty much all new cars
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Fog lights and high beams were independent on all cars I’ve driven, is that not the case in the US?
Railing5132@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Nope; factory-installed fog lights turn off with activation of the high beams in the US. Note that we can buy self-installed aftermarket fog lights and drill holes into the dash for the switch, but even then (in the jurisdictions I’ve lived in) you were supposed to turn them off when using high beams. But nobody does.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Sick high-beams, bro. I’m going to slow down to 20 MPH so I can enjoy them longer.
IndridCold@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
That’s how I do.
If you blind me with super high beams, I need to slow down to be safe.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Yeah, driving slow is my solution for just a out anything that someone is doing stupidly on the road. Am I doing it to be petty? Sure. But is it also making the situation safer? Absolutely. So if I can justify my pettiness, you bet I’m going to do it.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 4 hours ago
and unfortunately that’s how road rage starts, speaking from experience.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 hours ago
hmm… What would the legality of 3D printing fake machine guns that pop out of the brake lights like a James Bond vehicle; as a scare tactic? 🤔
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
(The guns don’t need to be fake for this meme to still work correctly.)
andrewta@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Depending on the country. Could be listed as threats or terroristic threats, even if the guns are fake.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
The mirror will still get you fucked for creating hazards I bet, but if it only works when the hazard already exists, morally youre in the clear.
UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
And likely illegal, but that will also make things very interesting for you for a bit
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
Self defense is predicated on the “reasonable person” standard. Anyone finding themselves (or another) imperiled by what they reasonably believe to be a machine gun is justified in doing anything they reasonably believe necessary to end the threat.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
A good focusing flashlight directed into the side mirror has been pretty helpful for getting these idiots to move on
Chozo@fedia.io 10 hours ago
I used to be really good at reflecting with the rear-view. As long as they were far enough away that I could see their windshield, I could usually land a direct hit. I've had a few instances where I'll see the sombitch slam on their brakes.
fascicle@leminal.space 10 hours ago
Is the mirror all broken?
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
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hactar42@lemmy.world 59 minutes ago
I’ve repositioned my side mirror to shine back at them. Usually gets them to back up a little bit.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I always wanted a programmable sign that could display messages to asshats behind me
tetris11@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
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