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Enforcement would help. The biggest problem in my locality is lifted trucks that become retina destroyers to reasonable-height cars. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone getting a ticket here for having too-bright headlights.
I don’t understand how lifted trucks where the bumpers are lifted as well and are well above those of all the other vehicles on the road are legal.
They are legal by being buddies of the police, or by being the police while off-duty.
they are illegal, but just not enforced.
It’s not that they are too bright, it’s that they never realign the beams to the correct angle for the height increase.
nope, it’s both
There is a quick fix, sealed beams.
There was a time when all cars in the US had round headlights. That’s because there was only one headlight and all cars were mandated by law to use it. That law can be reimplemented at any time. It would fix the headlights as soon as it goes into effect.
Car makers would hate it. It would ruin a lot of their styling and marketing having to use the one and only headlight. Which would make it an effective deterrant. Any major government using sealed beam laws as a threat would make the industry self regulate quickly.
I support a return to round sealed beam headlights. Especially if we can have pop-ups again.
Pop ups are dangerous for pedestrians.
So are big ass pickups with grilles that are over 5ft high
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It would fix the headlights as soon as it goes into effect.
All headlights would magically change? Even the millions installed in cars already? Wow, that’s a powerful legislation.
Alternative response: retroreflective mirror
I keep a reflective umbrella in the passenger seat, it’s been quite useful
unfortunately you’d need a quite large surface for it to be effective
Not if they’re slightly hyperbolic.
… that’s already handled by the retro reflective nature
But if you combine both together…
then you get an even smaller effective area
Have you tried baseball bats?
This article is from the UK, and nobody plays baseball over there.
Cricket bat, croquet mallet, whatever 🤷♂️
I maintain that Americans made baseball because no one had time for a game that lasts a week.
So let’s get this straight: you’re driving along at night, a car driving toward you on the other side dazzles you with excessively bright lights, you roll down the window and grab your baseball bat, lean out the window and smash their headlights with the bat.
But what do you do about the lights on the other side of the car? They’re not so easy to reach from your side of the road!
That’s why knights of old had such long jousting sticks. Knock those shinny fuckers into the dirt
One hand on your jousting stick, the other on the baseball bat, knee on the steering wheel. Love it!
90% they have every light on people don’t take the time to figure out their cars so drive about with fogs on full blast 24/7
This! People who don’t spend 5min to figure out their lights and just leave them on auto.
Ok, here’s how you fix it:
- Calculate how many headlights need changing and how much it will cost
- Create a fund for that amount.
- Announce that in a 1.5 years headlight regulation changes and all cars need to adapt.
- During annual checks verify the lights. If they don’t comply with the regulation send driver to regulate/change them for free (covered by fund established in 2)
- After 1.5 years do random checks. Each car that still doesn’t comply gets towed. The owner can either pay for the tow and fixing the lights and can’t recover their car.
Just saying there are new requirements would be unfair to poor people that bought a car before the new regulation. They would have to spend extra money now to fix something they are not responsible for.
Saying that car manufacturers have to fix all their cars would be unfair because they were selling car that complied with all regulations. This would not stand in court.
That’s why there’s no quick fix. Doing it fairly will be complicated and it will cost money. It’s easier for politicians to ignore the issue.
Just put the onus on car and bulb sellers going forward, then tack on a req for antiques that goes into effect in stages, probably paired with registration renewals. That way it’s not an all-at-once burden, and most people can know about the transition well in advance. No surprises.
idk man a hammer to the headlight seems like a pretty quick fix to me
In my daydreams that sounds like a great idea. In reality I think the law would probably close in on me for doing that.
between flock and doorbell cams, you’d certainly need to take precautions carefully
hopefully someday soon we reach a critical mass where the average person realizes how fucking shit and assholey these LED headlights are
I was disappointed by the scene in ‘fight club’ where they hit the modern vw beetle with baseball bats.
They did virtually no damage.Make sure you use a big pointy hammer.
Interesting stats, if caveated
Collisions dropped suddently in 2020. What could have possibly caused it???
Everyone had 20/20 vision that year, duh.
Seriously?
I do not think they are being serious. The triple ? is a dead giveaway.
Look at least they didn’t blame congestion tax
Death is not the only concern.
You don’t just not beat your dog because it doesn’t kill it.
These lights are too bright, they cause discomfort and stress out blinded drivers, and make driving at night impossibly for many who could otherwise drive safely before they were introduced.
For many night driving has become a rather traumatic experience, and that negatively effects them and other people as a result.
Imagine wearing a shocking dog bark collar and not knowing when it’s gonna go off, but knowing it could, and you are also operating a 2 ton vehicle at 60mph on a busy and notoriously deadly stretch of road with your adorable 3 year old twins buckled in the back seat.
Idk, as a cyclist I’ve been blinded at night by other cyclists as often as cars.
Don’t mistake me, I have plenty of reasons to share the “fuck cars” ethos, but LED headlights aren’t even in the top 10.
They’ve spent their entire lives bedazzling everything from hair to toenails to purses and beyond. They’re not finding the way to de-bedazzle the lights, because they’re not looking for one.
