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People drive at night with their bright lights on way too much

Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:06 am
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
8751 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:06 am
Maybe I'm just getting old, but it seems like there is more people driving at night with their bright lights on than ever before.

Used to be you could give the approaching vehicle a little flash of your brights and they'd dim theirs. Apparently common courtesy is a thing of the past.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
52565 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:10 am to
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
33133 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:11 am to
Completely with you.

It's why I hate driving at night. Especially on the interstate. Too many damn brights on when they shouldn't be.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
13088 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:13 am to
I get flashed with my low beams on. I turn on hi beams to show them it was low beams and they still get mad and flash over and over
Posted by bamaguy17
Member since Jul 2022
1380 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:13 am to
Some of it is the auto dim/bright. My truck sucks at this. I'll be behind someone on a dark road and I will be flashing them because the brake lights aren't bright enough for my sensors to always detect.
Posted by TigerDude80
METRY
Member since Nov 2007
1979 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:14 am to
quote:

People drive at night with their bright lights on way too much


Or no lights on at all.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9722 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:15 am to
The new lights all look bright to me. You could aim sealed beam bulbs. These new lights not as much so.
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
33438 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:17 am to
LED lights are a nightmare for my astigmatism.
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
28830 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:20 am to
Its the new lights. They arent all using their brights.
Posted by wheelr
New Iberia
Member since Jul 2012
6282 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:21 am to
Sorry baw. Put on my leveling kit but didn't have enough money to get my lights adjusted.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
133621 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:21 am to
LED lights just look brighter in general

Plus so many baws lift and level their trucks which fricks with the angle of lights and shines it more towards oncoming traffic
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
73372 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:22 am to
Because its total fricking anarchy down here in the south.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
73372 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:23 am to
Because your lights are fricked up and you need to fix them.
Posted by Steadyhands
Slightly above I-10
Member since May 2016
7226 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:23 am to
quote:

The new lights all look bright to me.


That's because they are. Newer lights are brighter than bright lights used to be.
If there's anything that could use one regulation, this would be it. Should be a maximum level of brightness for low beams, and it should be much lower than what the average new car has today.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
16283 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:25 am to
quote:

but it seems like there is more people driving at night with their bright lights on than ever before.


See so many people in older cars that don’t have HID/LED headlights driving around with their brights on.
Or you can tell they have one headlight out so they just drive around with their brights on.
Then there’s the Carolina squatted little shits driving around with their shite pointed to the sky.

It’s all so dumb.
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4807 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:27 am to
I ordered this from amazon and it has helped.

Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
8751 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:29 am to
quote:

Its the new lights. They arent all using their brights.

I'm talking about the people that when I flash my brights, they switch to low and then right back to high beams.

Happens almost every morning on the way to work on Hwy 42
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
17549 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:30 am to
I don’t get the people driving at night without their lights on esp in a fairly new vehicle that has an ‘auto’ feature that people for some reason refuse to use.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
51665 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:31 am to
I don’t think I’ve ever turned on my brights on a public road. Dirt road in the woods yes but never on asphalt
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
109904 posts
Posted on 10/22/26 at 9:33 am to
LED lights are bright as frick and almost no one has them tilted correctly so they’re not shining right into head on traffic.
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