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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I always wanted a programmable sign that could display messages to asshats behind me

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    • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • hactar42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve repositioned my side mirror to shine back at them. Usually gets them to back up a little bit.

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• wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

    hyundai-forums.com/…/1564158285330-png.440196/

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s the brightness primarily, but yes made worse by the height

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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• heleos@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Unfortunately those are low beams because the fog lights are on. You probably don’t want to see the high beams

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  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    New trucks only have high beams and higher beams.

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s not just trucks it’s pretty much all new cars

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fog lights and high beams were independent on all cars I’ve driven, is that not the case in the US?

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    • Railing5132@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Our foglights are independent of the high or low beam setting

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  … but this has got to be a failure of state (legislature & enforcement) on both counts, right?

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  • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    pubic servants

    Need me one of those amiright?

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  • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s not taxpayers who have a say but campaign donators.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Taxpayers have a say bcs they are the larger of the two classes & they can just eat them.

      But taxpayers just stay quiet even when issues with overwhelming public support don’t even get a debate.

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  • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The problem with American tax payers is that they have been taught that selfishness is the highest virtue, especially when it comes to their cars. You see it with the high beams, and you see it with the ginormous toddler-killing trucks.

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sick high-beams, bro. I’m going to slow down to 20 MPH so I can enjoy them longer.

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  • IndridCold@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s how I do.

    If you blind me with super high beams, I need to slow down to be safe.

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    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      and unfortunately that’s how road rage starts, speaking from experience.

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  • Lightsong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I often think about if I could have any super power that isn’t OP, I’d pick the ability to snap my fingers and it’ll break those lights.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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? 🤔

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Depends on how brown you are

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      (The guns don’t need to be fake for this meme to still work correctly.)

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Depending on the country. Could be listed as threats or terroristic threats, even if the guns are fake.

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    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And likely illegal, but that will also make things very interesting for you for a bit

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I want a car that has a rear windscreen that can turn into a mirror at the push of a button. Really useful for dealing with men with tiny dicks who drive giant trucks

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  • TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Just use your rear view mirror. Point it directly backwards and there should still be enough light to annoy the hell out of them. I do it regularly on my morning commute and it is very effective.

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    • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Their car is taller than mine, can’t angle that far up…

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I want a car that has a rear windscreen

    Me too, I’ve given this a lot of thought. I think you’d need a small computer, a camera and essentially a gimbal to move a mirror. It wouldn’t be hard to infer where the drivers eyes are based on how high up the headlights originated, you could even just do a figure eight around where you think the eyes would be.

    The real problem is, if they hit you, and the cops look at what you have there, you’ll likely be found at fault.

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• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A good focusing flashlight directed into the side mirror has been pretty helpful for getting these idiots to move on

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  • Chozo@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  American problems require American solutions

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I wish the problem was only in 'murica, I have to deal with that constantly down in Bruhzil

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• fascicle@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Is the mirror all broken?

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• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah, a class 4 laser in your pocket when you’re driving is a much more comfortable way and a direct message.

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• buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I can’t even tell anymore.

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