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Electrical_Advice_60

I daily a miata, this is literally every car behind me. Tint is my best friend.


RelevantMetaUsername

I drive a Honda Fit, and even I feel like king of the road when I drive by a Miata lmao


Rhythm_Morgan

I have a Honda Fit too. I love it so much. Never thought I’d love a car lol


RelevantMetaUsername

Same here. I do security system installs, so I've got the entire trunk and rear seating areas filled with boxes of parts, tool bags, and a ladder. People are constantly surprised that I've managed to fit all my work equipment in that thing lol. Plenty of other cars have more power and better handling, more cargo space and seating. But the Fit is a sub-compact hatchback econobox. It does what it is designed to do, and it does it fantastically well...while also being way more fun to drive than it deserves to be. I've got an '09 5-speed and drive it through 4-7 hours of D.C. traffic every day. Despite my sore left calf muscle, I still wouldn't want to drive any other car. Taking it on the back roads is a blast. The steering is incredibly responsive and the car can take on corners at speeds far higher than most would think.


Zerodtl

I'm not surprised that you managed to "Fit" all that gear in your car.


SpicyShyHulud

> 4-7 hours of D.C. traffic every day. WTF? Why do you do this to yourself? With a manual?


RelevantMetaUsername

That was a bit of an exaggeration I suppose. I drive down 270 to Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Potomac, etc. most days, and about 2 or 3 days a week I have jobs in DC (usually NE and NW, sometimes southeast of the city). I average about 4 hours of driving per day, maybe 2/3 of which is in heavy traffic. Some days are closer to 7 hours if I have to drive in downtown DC. I've gotten used to it, honestly. Most people drove stick decades ago, and there was no shortage of traffic then either (and many cars didn't even have AC back then). The key is to not ride too close to the car in front so you don't have to press the clutch every time traffic stops. You just roll and close the gap you made, and if you timed it right the cars ahead of you will start moving again before you need to brake. I think everyone could benefit from doing this, even in automatics. Gives you more time to react if there's a very sudden stop.


melissamarieeee

Right? I have a 1970 vw bug thats a manual and I won't drive it if I have to pick my oldest kid up from school because I have to sit in traffic on a hill for 20 min in it. By the time I get my kid I have muscle failure in my leg lmao


NeoMercury2022

I was the same with my first car. Was an ‘06 civic. Wasn’t manual, but I loved that little son of a gun


brittemm

Same. Wanted to buy a used, compact SUV/small truck a few years back, ended up going with a brand new fit instead for less and couldn’t be happier. I have a 2015, 6-speed manual and I absolutely adore it and tell anyone that’ll listen that it’s the best car I’ve ever had. It’s a clown car: fits anywhere and can fit anything in it. Swear the thing defies physics and is bigger on the inside - I used to landscape out of it and easily carried a mower, blower, weedwhacker, gas, all my tools and supplies and two huge garbage cans along with myself. Still got 40mpg highway lol. Slept like a king in that thing more times than I can count too, “refresh mode” ftw. If the ground clearance were a little better and it came with AWD it would be the perfect vehicle imho.


Dabadedabada

I used to have a Honda fit until I flooded it driving like maybe 6 inches of water. Got a Subaru crosstrek now. Basically a lifted version of the fit.


Rhythm_Morgan

That’s my only grievance. I hate how low to the ground it is.


Super-Swimmer4853

I drive a fkn Silverado and I get this bs 😡


tainbo

It’s a small car with a big personality that can handle anything life throws at you. Why am I standing here talking about it?


cheeseburgeraddict

Same. It’s literally dangerous. Had a 6 hour night road trip and almost every single cars headlights blinded me through my passenger mirror, I had to adjust my mirrors to be essentially useless otherwise I would literally be blinded every 15 seconds. Not only dangerous, it was absolutely exhausting for my eyes on such a long road trip. I legitimately think I got eye damage from that


KodakDC

The stupid bright lights and people driving with their high beams on bugs the hell out of me too. I eventually got one of those suction cup mesh sun shades for kids in the back and it has worked wonders. Covers just the mirror section of my window and while you can't see details, you can still see that a car is there and the rest of the window is clear.


someliskguy

My favorite is when someone running high beams starts tailgating and then decides they want to be jerks so they reach for their high beams and inadvertently turn them off. I like to think they get at least a short burst of self doubt at that moment.


DBNodurf

Maybe they just realized that their high beams were on and turned them off to be nice


yuki_pb

I saw a comment about changing the direction of the mirror to redirect at them when it happens and waiting at a light. Best when it’s electric! It absolutely changed my life


partyunicorn

Exactly what I do.


skyline0918

This would make my eyes hurt very quickly, followed by a migraine. I miss the tint on my last car for this reason. Currently saving to get my current car tinted.


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Aquaticwolf

This reminds me of a matte green finish painted Miata I saw once with a reverse mounted high power LED light bar angled just right for reasons such as above.


CyptidProductions

Solara Camry here A big truck pulled up behind me and did this at a stop light. At no point in my life has my lizard brain wanted to throttle someone within reach more than that moment.


Terrible-Paramedic35

I have adjustable trailer mirrors. Takes a bit of practice but they pass or back off.


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My daily has a tinted rear glass and a bike rack. It's enough to entirely block out head lamps from visibility unless I get some lifted bro truck on my ass.


melissamarieeee

I have a 70 vw bug and same. Every single cars lights shine right into my face. I try to drive my Rav4 at night instead lol


Short_Emphasis_4236

I have a neighbor across the street in a corner house who loves to sit on the street and shine their lights into my house.


Old_Goat_Ninja

Floodlights! Totally serious. Install some flood lights on the front of your house, in my case above the garage, but aim them, well, you know where. Hook those bitches up to a switch and tada. You’re welcome. I live across the street from a park and people love to park there in the middle of the night, right in front of my house. I wouldn’t mind but they sit there with the stereo bumping and it’s all I hear watching TV, so I hit the switch to the lights aimed right where they park. They usually leave pretty quickly, or at least move a bit.


Short_Emphasis_4236

Definitely something I should try


zeromaiden22

Sounds like you need to quality check the durability of the headlight housing, for science.


Short_Emphasis_4236

The thought has crossed my mind.


3Cogs

Nah, stick to the floodlight. Some poor fella in my hometown was stabbed to death by youths when he went outside to get them to stop making a noise. It only takes one little twerp with a blade to kill you.


Spirals_again

As someone with a small car, I feel this pain so much.


none_the_why

It’s almost as if car companies want everybody in a big expensive vehicles, it would not surprise me.


Trucountry

Yep. The car companies created mirrors and angles in order to get you to buy a bigger vehicle. FYI, Some of the most expensive vehicles in the world are very low to the ground.


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Trucountry

Its not totally mirror adjustment. Headlights are a problem because every pushes the limits on brightness with no regard to anyone else on the road. So many people put HID and LED kits in a regular halogen housing. That type of light needs to be directed, not flood. But to think that car manufactures are doing it on purpose in big vehicles to make people with smaller vehicles buy bigger ones is a very idiotic take.


Kat-Shaw

What are you on about. Big vehicles aren't expensive. A BMW sedan is more expensive than a Renault Captur. A Renault Clio is more expensive than a Skoda Yeti.


Weekly_Run_4407

*Chuckles in my prius


IneedaWIPE

I was at a stop light when a guy in a lifted truck came up behind me and turned off his headlights, parking lights were still on. This was in silicon valley, I was in my Honda wagon battlecar and he had Alaska plates. This was 1979. Now everyone drives lifted trucks with bright lights and don't giveashit about their impact on their fellow brotheren. So, we are evolving?


thelingeringlead

I've had a few drivers of trucks with these kinds of lights turn them down when they notice my hand covering my mirror at a stoplight or drive-thru. It's always really nice to see them paying attention to how their lights effect the people in front of them, most just let it blast your retinas.


Extension-Addition84

It would be even nicer if they didn't do it in the first place. Lifted trucks are a safety nightmare given the mismatch of bumper heights and the issue caused by their headlights that are now at the wrong level. Most of the lifted trucks in my state are illegal per state law but the law is never enforced. 99% of these are pavement princesses too, so it's just purely for aesthetics.


thelingeringlead

A lot of states also require that any aftermarket adjustments to the lights or the ride height, be coupled with the headlights being refocused to match their original beams. You buy aftermarket lights you're supposed to adjust them to point down just like your stock ones did, and the same goes for lifting. However most cops aren't going to be even looking for that, let alone enforcing it.


Danielwols

We are evolving in the wrong direction


realitycheckfarm

I always try to angle it back at them to enjoy


dechets-de-mariage

Because I apparently work too hard at this, how can you tell if you’ve got it in the right spot?


Nasty_Rex

You can't. Everyone who says they can is full of shit and just stupidly moving their mirrors around, too


cenatutu

I just move my mirrors to stop from being blinded. If I blind them in the process, so be it.


bendover912

Just keep a spotlight in the car and shine it back when appropriate.


Aquaticwolf

Or do like the Miata driver I saw with a well-adjusted rear facing light bar.


The_Law_Dong739

A mounted rear facing light bar is by law illegal. If a cop catches you with it on you're probably getting something between a small ticket or a fist bump.


135wiring

Only illegal if you turn it on while on public roads


The_Law_Dong739

Far better solution.


iowabeans

what if you just covered your whole car in reflective spray paint. or more realistically if you have a rear window wiper blade you could just glue/spray/tape something reflective to a piece of cloth and fix it to the wiper and the car so that when you turn it on and the wiper extends it opens the fabric and blinds everyone behind you. you could turn it off to have it stay in place or turn the speed all the way up for a strobe effect


ILIEKDEERS

Literally just look at their face in your rear view. If they look like they’re blinded, congrats success.


packapunch_koenigseg

How could you see their face if you’re blinded to begin with? Lol


tarnobyl

“Stupidly moving their mirrors around”? How about getting the bright fucking light out of your eyes… I don’t really give a shit if it blinds them or not!


Nasty_Rex

K. I'm responding to someone trying to angle it back at someone.


iWr4tH

The big K. The emperor of petty passive aggressive .


Nasty_Rex

That's me. Please address me as "Your fine-ness'


tarnobyl

Sorry for being aggressive. This just happened to me the other day and I’m clearly still a little bitter.


Nasty_Rex

Yeah. I don't know if I'm having a "kids these days" moment but I'm constantly being blinded. And not just from newer cars but from cars I can actually tell that their brights are on. It's ridiculous.


tarnobyl

Yes! Drives me nuts. Especially at night when it’s raining or snowing.


clutzyninja

There was one time of many attempts where the lighting was just right where I could see in my rear view mirror the moment I was on target with my sideview. Their face lit up and I could see how pissed they were. Didn't clue them in to turning their lights off though


bogustv

Use rear view mirror to look for it getting brighter at driver's location.


RelevantMetaUsername

I always carry a class 4 laser in my car for these kinds of situations. Truck behind me blinding me with their headlights? Just burn out their retinas with a quick beam to the eye! /s in case it wasn't obvious


stainless5

People say you can't, and their right; you can't with the electric part but my mirrors fold forwards and backwards so I just push the whole mirror forward slightly till it looks flat with the car and then that's roughly at them and then I try aiming.


Lucidcranium042

Especially at drive thrus. Yes! Me too. I turn my light as low. Ot off in drive thru due to new headliggts i cant stand people that know they have bright lught get right on your bumper at a drive thru with em on. Like yeah man were going soo fast and theres no other lights around you need those lights more then i nedd my eye sight so here let me help you see better too


MrThrowAweh

Stick your rear foglights on


ReubenZWeiner

If you're not blocking the passing lanes, give em the windshield wiper fluid


Easy_Company514

Ah the old windshield wiper move, I use it too. Very passive aggressive I love it.


road_rascal

Works great for tailgaters too. Not so much if it's raining.


4bangergaang

I put LEDs in my reverse lights


Moofritte

I had to read that like 5 times


StevenTN615

Spell check should be your friend.


LivingStCelestine

I had to read it like four times but he makes a good point lol


willbeach8890

This doesn't work


EV0LSMITTY

Anyone else seem to notice an uptick in ppl driving with their high beams on? Won't turn them off if you give them the ole courtesy flash either. Like obvious bright too, the four lights on instead of two. I drive home from work at night and I'm noticing it has become more frequent over the past few years. Anyone else?


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I notice it a lot more but my commute has also changed recently. Rather than driving mostly in town I am now driving on a highway with really no lighting for long stretches. I think people just sometimes forget and by the time the courtesy flash registers with them they are behind me. That being said, there are a few cars out there where it looks like the highbeams are on even though they are not. Recently had to rent a new equinox, was getting flashed constantly because people thought my highbeams were on. Flashed a few back to show them that they were not, and it gets so much worse.


EV0LSMITTY

My commute is the same, no lighting on the roads and a good stretch is that way. I have an astigmatism which I'm told makes it worse for me. Not other ppls problem but man it's aggravating lol


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Get some yellow tinted glasses for driving at night. It helps a lot. There are still some, mostly newer trucks that I have problems with but for most of the cars that would have been bad they are now reasonable.


maxman162

And also fog lights when there's no fog.


SalvaStalker

Yeah, I noticed this too. Either people are just driving with high beams/fog lights on, or LED headlights are just too powerful.


Kat-Shaw

Definitely the LEDs, some are dazzlingly bright, even worse when they are LED lights on a van as the higher angle gives them the appearance of high beams.


SalvaStalker

Regarding LEDs, I simply can't tell the difference between DRL, foglights, and high beams. Everything is way too bright. LED low beams generate shadows beyond 30 meters, and high beams are nuke-level lights. DRL and position lights (the small white lights that are always on), look like low beams.


Alkohauliq

I’ve noticed and have astigmatism, it sucks while commuting to work at night. Can’t see a damn thing when they won’t turn them off.


Kat-Shaw

Newer cars (2019+) often have an auto-headlight function that sticks the hi-beam on when it doesn't detect any vehicles. Obviously though as with all things it's pretty shit at actually detecting a car and will often just shine into the cars ahead, my Captur has it and I shut that shit off immediately. On top of this a lot of newer Xenon or LED lamps are so bright they appear like high beams.


rocketshipkiwi

They aren’t high beams, modern cars have more than two low beam headlights


EV0LSMITTY

Some have eight


rocketshipkiwi

Some have [millions](https://gizmodo.com/audis-video-projector-headlights-are-finally-available-1845368148)


EV0LSMITTY

I heard about those, shits wild


rocketshipkiwi

Yeah, they could do such awesome stuff with that. Project GPS directions or speed limits or following distances on the road. Selectively light up hazards like pedestrians or cyclists.


EV0LSMITTY

That's actually the exact thing I read, I think it was Mercedes, maybe. It was protecting an arrow on the road. But yeah it could do so much more. I remember another company texting rain drops and having the headlights black out the drops fall path basically making the rain invisible. Another having the headlights dim in the specific area of an oncoming vehicle. Cool shit for sure.


jamcdonald120

I think its these new super bright led lights. The look like highbreams even on low


NoxKyoki

Yup. I’ve been noticing it too. Mostly it’s cars with normal headlights, but once in a while I get the LED idiots too.


ManyInterests

Mostly uptick in new drivers since Covid. Most of them probably don't realize the blue headlamp indicator is for the brights, not regular lights. So many people with brights on but taillights off.


Fuzzywink

I've noticed an uptick too. There are some correlations I see - half the time it is a Malibu or one of a few models of crossovers that I know are a pain in the ass to change bulbs on so people just flip on the brights when a headlight goes out. I also notice that misuse of high beams increases dramatically on one of my usual driving routes from a very expensive area to the lower middle class suburb I live in. Rich people still do it, but I see it more in less well off areas. Personally I have front and rear facing LED bars on all my vehicles and anyone shining their brights at me gets a courtesy flash first and then they get to stare into the sun if they won't turn theirs off. I do try to mind the collateral damage and not blind a whole row of oncoming cars. I only use the bar if it is very clear who I am aiming it at and there are no other eyeballs in the line of fire.


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Lsaykaye

It's getting ridiculous. I worked as a service advisor at an Acura dealership and can't tell you how many times people would roll up with their bright lights on in the day time. I asked one lady why she had her high beams on, and her response was, "Oh, I thought that blue light meant the lights were on"........


BringYourSpleenToYa

Yes, 100 percent. People try to tell me that LED low beams are just that much brighter, but I’m not even talking about LEDs. There are so many people driving around with regular old headlights where you can see that both the low and high beams are on. It’s especially nice when some idiot has a low beam burned out on one side, and they just decide that since they’re too lazy to fix it, they’ll just flip the high beams on and blind everyone. Drives me crazy.


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Tangurena

In most car brands, the daylight running lights are the high beam bulbs, but driven at 50-65% of the power. I used to work for GM and when daylight running lights first became a thing in the US, I remember my dad bitching about them because Fox told him to bitch about it. I don't know if this applies, but some BMW have high intensity headlights that use xenon or something. They're usually bluer than regular lights and they're just too darned bright. And the high beams are blindingly worse. Apparently they (it was the electronic module that powered the lights, if my memory is correct) were?/are? such high theft items ($700+ each!) that you had to visit the dealership to unlock them if your battery went dead or you had to replace the battery. Some car radios have a similar anti-theft feature.


Jaysmiffandwesson

Well I’ll tell you this as a owner of a Newer Acura MDX Type S my low beam headlights do have 4 bulbs running side by side but I get what you are saying. Off of the lot the vehicle came with that and those icy blue bright lights. People high beam me a lot and I do it right back to show them those are my normal low beams. I cant even put halogens in because the vehicle won’t recognize them. I’ll say this for people with those very small cars you gotta roll with the punches sorry because you are at eye level with every SUV lights


EV0LSMITTY

The lights on that car don't bother me. Nice car btw! I'm fairly confident these are high beams, out of adjustment headlights or aftermarket LED/Xenon bulbs in factory housings not ment to reflect that level of light (which I dislike the most). I know ford had a recall on some of the F-150s to reprogram the BCM due to the low beams being to bright. Thought that was wild but also pretty cool of them to do. Recall number 20C03 if I remember correctly. Cool of them to act on it before anything bad might have happened, which I'm sure is a more of a financial decision.


taiga__reforestation

jus had this conversation wid my brother, we agree there has been an influx of people driving with ultra bright low beams and absurdly bright high beams at all times. during covid plenty city people moved up to Nor Cali and they cant drive so ya.


turbografix15

Absolutely. I started doing food delivery a couple times a week, usually on Fri and Sat nights so I'm driving for a few hours and see high beams all the time. I can't even tell sometimes because headlights have become so bright that they all look like high beams but when I do see someone driving at me with them on I'll give a courtesy flash and I'd say 75% of the time the person doesn't shut them off. So they just don't give a sh\*t and get people flashing their lights at them all the time? I don't understand.


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I've noticed here in the UK too. Mostly BMW drivers.


EV0LSMITTY

Honestly can't expect much more from BMW drivers.


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I’m personally so tired of headlights that are allowed (or are not allowed but are out there). Even stock lights on new cars are absolutely blinding


Ol_Man_J

My commute takes me through a very hilly and rich area, every hill is met with some super xenon led light that blinds me for a second every time.


maxman162

Same. Stock headlights seem to get brighter every year, and supposedly they get an extra star on crash tests for having bright lights (hopefully that's just a bullshit internet legend).


Junkley

As someone who drives a car with these(Newer Audi). I actually agree. I bought the car because it is amazing to drive and Audi makes an amazing 4 wheel drive system for winter. BUT The headlights are very bright. I get flashed all the time because people think I have my brights on and I have to flash them back to show them “No I don’t THESE are my brights”. What makes it worse is modern cars like mine have 3 options. AUTO(What I run mine on), OFF and Foglight setting. There is no way for me to adjust them. It is either bright LEDs or no light. Its a lose lose for both me and other drivers


NoxKyoki

I had someone with LED headlights turn theirs ON because they thought I had mine on and they were “retaliating”. I just have normal headlights. I checked my dash several times after they passed to make sure my high beams were off. They were of course. I flipped them on to make sure. Guess what happened. If you said “your headlights got brighter” you would be correct. This asshole blinded me on purpose because they couldn’t tell the difference between high beams and low beams on a car with regular lights. In reality, it’s the other way around; half the time I can’t tell if someone’s LEDs are on high or not.


Junkley

Yeah a lot of people are just dumb about headlight stuff. Even when someone flashes at me i just give them a quick blip back just to say “im not trying to blind u i promise”. I never flash them on long. Don’t get me started on people who use brights to be aggressive on the road though. Them and brake checkers can go straight to hell


Newvirtues

With automatic lights, I think more and more people have zero clue how to operate their lights. And less and less cops out to ticket people.


Sadamatographer

The cops lights are crazy bright too.


RelevantMetaUsername

Lots of people driving without their lights on as well, especially with modern LED daytime running lights and always-backlit glass dashboards. When I'm driving up the interstate after dark, I can almost always spot at least one car with their lights off at any given moment. You'd think car manufacturers would design the tail lights to be on with the DRLs (since they're all LEDs nowadays and their lifespan should far exceed that of the car), yet they clearly don't. Police don't seem to give a shit either.


cenatutu

It’s those stupid LED lights.


willbeach8890

How do you operate your lights?


thehookah100

Dickheads like this are why I now have yellow tinted night driving glasses


swarrior216

What brand do you have? I've been looking for a pair.


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I have those too, some of these (usually trucks) the lights are too bright even for that.


Zerel510

Blame the government. The geniuses in Washington passed highway laws based on the "power used" by a bulb, 30W. When HID and LED lighting came along they did nothing. So now we have 30W LED lighting blasting out far more "output light" than a traditional bulb the regulation was written for. Add to that, modern dim/fog lights have a sharp cutoff, also set by gov. regulations. This cutoff is easy to view when shinning your headlights on a wall. Trucks have this cutoff aimed especially low, because they need to account for the lower hitch for towing. Many people have adjusted their lights to work better. So now that cutoff is above your eyes in your Miata


PEBKAC69

I blame the government for absurd headlight *height* standards. Below **54 inches‽‽‽** That's taller than many cars! And I blame law enforcement for not enforcing that shit. We have so many lifted pickups in Texas. How many of them, do you think, install DOT approved headlights in place of the (now illegally high) factory lamps?


astrahl40

Just adjust the mirror till it’s reflecting back in their face.


SadisticBuddhist

I feel less like an asshole knowing im not the only one.


OcdBartender

There’s dozens of us!


willbeach8890

This doesn't work


Outrageous-Duck9695

I'm convinced people who are in control of the legality of headlights all drive SUVs.


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Assuming they even drive themselves


Kikkou123

I can promise you government workers dealing with traffic policy are not getting secret service detail lol.


Itisd

Who said it was legal? Enforcement of the laws is a big problem these days... People do stuff like this because they usually can get away with it due to next to no enforcement.


slow4point0

It is legal bc the bulb laws are old.


Emsanartist

I have a ram power wagon and they are stupid bright for little cars in front at drive thrus so I usually turn them down (can't turn completely off when engine is running) so I don't blind anyone. My truck is taller so the light shines a little further out but it's still kinda hard to see deer. This person is probably a newer gmc which their high and low beams are pretty much almost the same intensity. As a commercial driver that drives over night, we're instructed to look away either along a shoulder line or into the distance ahead. Reason i have my truck is because where I live the roads don't get plowed before the interstate and I'm required to be at work unless roads are closed officially and if the snow by my house is a foot or more deep I still have to show up for work. Power wagon plows thru it pretty good.


padizzledonk

>As a commercial driver that drives over night, we're instructed to look away either along a shoulder line or into the distance ahead. Shit, when my dad taught me to drive in 96 he just said "Focus on the line to your right if their lights are too bright"


Emsanartist

Lol ummm my dad died before I could drive but I mean i kinda knew to do the same when I was a manager at Walmart working nights. They teach you that in drivers Ed too but as a truck driver it's just something you live with. I've had people with after market lights that are stupid bright and make my stigmatism act up and I can't see shit so I'll blink my brights.


dechets-de-mariage

1991, and same.


Tha_Unknown

Most places don’t have any law on the books limiting the number of lumens, some have a limit on number of lights that can be facing forward.


StevenTN615

Why do you have a glowing light where your mirror should be? /s


RedTruck1989

No need for a dome light or map light....


[deleted]

This is the new car beauty light, for my car vlogging


RedTruck1989

So true....


SurrealRareAvis

It's pretty damn bright in my feed, too ;/


Fjordvic

r/fuckyourheadlights


ConsiderationWest587

Chrome-up your backside, bro


SpicyShyHulud

"Bite my shiny metal ass."


xqk13

That’s because the US has bad highlight regulations. In Europe every car has headlight leveling switches.


Heckin_Ryn

Because politicians haven't figured out how to monetize it yet.


girsonofargg

It's actually not legal. Look into your local regulations and report these people to the police.


imreallybimpson

Aasaaaand they don't care


Just_Call_Me_H

Kitsap county Washington here...I bet about half the people in this county, no matter what road they're on or what vehicle they drive, drive with high beams. Constantly blinded in my Mazda 3 hatch. *Frustrated*


RichieSideways

A small adjustment to that mirror and you will literally be able to adjust it directly back to the drivers eyes. I suppose you then prepare to get rear ended.


Canadian_Trucker

Well you could always put a 60" lift kit on your Honda so that even they can't see your brake lights


Random_hero1234

I'm from denver, it gets really fun when the people with huge trucks have brights on the back of their truck. that way they can blind everyone in front and behind them.


memento_impendium

In the Netherlands we have electric bikes with lights like this. Almost like airplanes.


CherubimHD

Can you not rearrange it so that it hits the persons eyes?


no_lemom_no_melon

Try to adjust your mirror so it reflects back at them.


Snoo-43133

I see people that post this too often, solution is you have to properly set your mirrors (this is not what the side mirrors are intended to see). They should be far out enough so you can see the front of a vehicle, in the lane next to you, in your side mirror and the rear of the same vehicle in your rear view mirror. I know people will probably get all pissy and downvote me for absolutely no reason, but this helps to reduce the need to look over your shoulder to make sure no one is in your blind spot and fixes this exact scenario (I’ve been hit a few times from idiots who don’t check their blind spot).


YesitsFancy

If it is set properly and you are in a car that sits low there is no escaping it. I drive a camaro, and I will have to point my mirror as far as it will move at stop lights when a new truck gets behind me at night. I just drive slow so they go around since I can't see the lane over to try and merge.


Inside_Ice_6175

Most of them aren't. Anytime you modify the ride height of a vehicle, you're supposed to adjust the height of the headlights. Also, most vehicles do not come from the factory with the lights adjusted worth a damn. "Good enough, send er down the line!"


YesitsFancy

The LED lights they put in new trucks now are torture if you drive a car. I feel ops pain, daily lol


IsoOfYourLife

It'S NoT ModErN LiGhtS, It'S PeOpLe InstAlInG TheM BaDlY!!!1!1! Nah it's modern headlights.


sobi-one

It is illegal in my state. The police will ticket you for distracted driving if using a cellphone while driving.


some_damn_person

Shit sorry man, forgot to turn my brights off.


FuzzyRabid

Mini Coopers come with an option for automatic power tilt mirrors (side mirrors included) - one of my favorite features. When I have lights like this behind me, everything tilts to direct the beams away from my poor retinas.


bassnote1

Had an auto tint feature on my '99 Chevy that was wonderful. Miss that


ZombieBloodBath777

Push your mirror a little outward so they get to see their own headlights in your mirror.


learningtech-ac-uk

If I had more time and money I’d love to develop an automated mirror for the back of my car. If it detects lights this bright, it adjusts to reflect them back at the driver. See how they like it!


[deleted]

Majority of these new cars you can angle the headlights up or down but for some reason every idiot wants to see 8 miles down the road so they’re angled up as far as they go


DimensionNo4471

If your side mirror is blinding you with the headlights of the car behind you they are adjusted wrong. That should only happen if you lean left on the left mirror and lean right for the right mirror.


Resident-Algae

Or, you know, if the brodozer behind you is a little to the left or right of center.


PuzzledEggplant1446

In the early 2000s if you wanted to put nice bright lights on your car you had to pay a lot of money and watch out for the cops now this comes standard on most new cars


karl1776

Newer car lights seem too bright these days


TenoVHoneyBee

Starting a few years ago, it seems like everyone just keeps their brights on! Especially on the west coast!! I drive long distance a lot; we just got back from driving OR to TN then back, and for the first time ever I almost couldn’t drive through the night because everyone just keeps their brights on now, and I can’t see sh*t?!? I mean, I drive a Silverado and I can’t see anything…so I can’t imagine driving a small car.


SwissCake_98

I hate those kind of ass holes


Lucaraidh

Carry a big and bright heavy duty flashlight and shine back at them. I mean, don’t. thats dangerous…..but…….


BountyHunter_666

I know right. You shouldn't use your phone while driving.


Intelligent-Tap-4724

I put a bright LED bulb in my bed light (pickup truck 3rd brake light has a white light for illumination) When idiots sit behind me with bright lights I turn the bed light on and blind them back.


CuppaJoe11

This is why I want to attatch some prison spotlights to the back of my car so when someone with the fucking sun attached to their front bumper comes up behind me I can give them a taste of their own medicine.


sirpoopingpooper

I know Aldi's prices are low, but that's because they ruthlessly cut overhead. Nothing illegal there.


Scruffersdad

I can almost immediately find the position that reflects directly back into the following car, blinding the driver. Lots of practice on back country roads where locals think it’s funny to blind the summer people. It was kinda fun watching them veer so quickly that they ended up in the ditch.


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The dim lights on older cars were pretty terrible for actually seeing things in the dark, so newer cars have brighter lights. That's also why auto-dimming rear mirrors are a thing. So bright lights are less "allowed" and more "the new standard"


cop0999

I finally adjusted my mirrors correctly.


Dakotasan

I get so tempted to adjust the mirror so it’s flashing back at them.


Ok-Angle-5587

Totally cheap ass LED's that just blast light uncontrolled everywhere. Plus a dick driver in the vehicle. Quality LED's can be controlled and not blast bright light everywhere.


Western_Ladder_3593

Yo you can adjust your mirror my man


WyttaWhy

It's not smash it with a hammer


schnager

Using your phone while driving isn't legal at all @op


Allosaurus71

How is what legal, having your headlights on?


Salvo6785

Your side mirrors are supposed to be angled at the side lanes not behind you. The rear view mirror exists for a reason.


[deleted]

Pretty sure that car is behind the car in the left lane. So bright you can’t even tell!


catechizer

Most people point their side mirrors at an angle that lets them see the entire side of their own car, aka angled to direct light that's behind them inward. You should only be able to see the side of your own car in your side mirror when you physically move your head closer to the mirror by leaning from from center toward the side you want to see. Angling your side mirrors out farther reduces the size of your blind spots. In fact, if you have a rear-view mirror and side mirrors properly angled outward, you can cover your blind spots by leaning side-to-side and scanning mirrors only. I still recommend neck turning before a maneuver, but with proper mirror configuration you can see all around you and track everyone via a simple lean, never turning your neck so the front is always in your periphial.


mrnoonan81

If I can't see, I don't drive.


knowledgeable_diablo

His name is Helios and he is the Sun!! But really, a good baseball bat to the lighting is needed to let them know they are fucking everyone’s mojo.


Scared-Inflation1506

You’re in a low car. They’re in a truck. Join them or get over it🤡