re: Anyone else blinded by these LED lights every time they drive at night?

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The sole purpose of a leveling kit is to place your headlights in the eyes of oncoming drivers.

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What?

Also to make the truck look better and allow bigger tires. Wtf are you talking about

Yes

a) my new car has the LEDs. they are aimed correctly but there is a definite line between light and pitch black darkness that is annoying. i can't see far enough in front for my comfort on dark, 2 lane roads. I'd never see a deer in time. ergo, that's why I think people drive with brights on all the time. (that and the auto bright feature which can be turned off but most people are too stupid / lazy to figure out how)

b) what's the deal with these new trucks that have 3 levels of lights on them?
is that high beams? or normal? whatever it is, I always flash them.

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I’ve noticed a shocking number of people lately who are, in fact, doing exactly this. Don’t get me wrong, cold white LEDs and misaligned headlights are a problem. But a ton of folks actually just have their brights on.

I don’t know if it’s auto-dimming headlights, or people who have a low-beam bulb burned out, or general stupidity (probably a combination of all three) but it’s rampant.

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seems that way.

I tell you one thing, I'm a bad offender at this.

I miss the old foot button my first truck had. And that's probably related by the way, people messing with phones and their hands are busy. That phone takes priority over personal safety, doing your job, or even family so it stands to reason when faced with a choice to use your hands to dim your lights and finish a text the phone wins.

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Billy badass over here trying to get in a head on collision. Some a-hole did this to me once and I just held my spot. Our mirrors smacked because we were so close. Mine folded in a little and right back out, and I could tell the other vehicle's mirror shattered. Not my problem, I kept on rolling.


Billy badass telling a story about near head on death.

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You don't have much of a choice on a narrow road, but to just aim straight with the road and hold position as best you can. On one hand you know you've got a dumbass headed your way, on the other hand you have to hope he's got enough sense to at least avoid a head on collision since he's the only one who can see.

Another issue is the auto bright feature in cars that automatically brighten and dim the lights. Of course they don’t work well and people are too dumb to turn them off.

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The LEDs don’t help the driver see the road really any better than the old ones

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The frick they don’t

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Cop cars are the worst.

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Went to go eat out at a restaurant the other day and there was a cop car and an ambulance parked outside. I never realised how bright they were until then.

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I tell you one thing, I'm a bad offender at this.

I miss the old foot button my first truck had. And that's probably related by the way, people messing with phones and their hands are busy. That phone takes priority over personal safety, doing your job, or even family so it stands to reason when faced with a choice to use your hands to dim your lights and finish a text the phone wins.

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The thing I don’t understand is why people use their brights so much in the city to begin with. I get it if you’re out in the country on two lane roads with no shoulder or street lights. But I constantly see it in very well-lit areas. Or this time of year, at dusk when it’s not even dark outside.

I feel like driving around with your brights on, in a city neighborhood with a 25mph speed limit and street lights everywhere, is kind of a dick move regardless of whether a car is in front of you. I turned auto-dimming off in my vehicle partially because it doesn’t respond fast enough to oncoming traffic, but also partially because I very rarely need my high-beams driving around Baton Rouge in the first place.

I just drove home at 5:30 and passed no fewer than 5 cars with their brights on. Not auto-dimming, not aftermarket or bright white LED headlights, not jacked up trucks. Just regular arse cars, mostly with halogen lights, driving with their brights on when it wasn’t even fricking dark outside yet.