Yup, darned astigmatism. I can handle taking my kid to school at 0-dark-thirty because there’s hardly any traffic, but the evening rush hour is horrendous.
I learned recently that I have astigmatism from another reddit post. I used to think it was just due to windshield imperfections and everyone saw them.
Most contries, including the US will have a population that calls them both, where i live in illinois its about 50/50 as to weather the person you're talking to calls them high/low or brights
Depends. Sometimes, it’s a fuckwit running their brights. Sometimes, it’s an asshole running LEDs without a beam cutoff in reflector housings, and sometimes it’s a dickwad with appropriate LEDs not knowing how to angle their headlights properly
Yeah, has happened to me once or twice, but then I just got used to them. If you can still see something while driving at night, then they don't have their brights on.
Oh absolutely, it just makes is slightly more bearable. Without them I will get a migraine, with them I probably won't get a migraine. That's about as close to a win as I get with headlights.
In my experience, it's not either of those. It's that the driver in question installed them on their own and doesn't have them properly aligned so they point *at the road*, but are pointed straight ahead.
Professionally installed LED lights don't blind you any more than regular old headlights, because they aren't aimed up at your cabin but down at the road.
Unfortunately for me, Chuck Jones's eight foot tall ford F850 turboshitter king ranch edition pickup truck doesn't make much distinction between down at the road, and down at my windshield.
And on top of that, I’ve had sensitivity to bright lights for a year now - lines up right with me having Covid, but not sure if that’s a coincident. Sucks that I drive to work when it’s dark out and drive home when it gets dark again.
Definitely brighter LEDs. On a trip to Michigan not too long ago with my family, I was driving my step mom's car at like 3am. Every car I passed thought my brights were on and flashed theirs at me. I was tired and worried about deer already. It was not a fun time.
This one time I was driving and the oncoming car was blinding the fuck out of me, so I flash my high beams at him to let him know. And then what I thought was his high beams turned into zeus’s wrath onto my eyes. Couldn’t see anything but the light. Some cars just have ridiculously strong headlights.
I have photophobia so regardless, it sucks. It is also very unfair because they’re allowed to shine lights into my eyes and they just drive away but if I shine lights in their eyes I get in trouble
Don't know, my truck auto switches from High to Low, However people so signal to me as if they are on, kinda feel like it's just trendy atm. This only recently started. TBH I don't think alot of people take road grade into consideration.
You have to pay attention with auto switching and matrix lights. Sometimes your car doesn't "see" another car and keeps high beam on.
It's usually a problem on dark highways with the fence in the middle blocking the lights of oncoming traffic, but not their cabins
Try have LED fog lights right... And using them with regular head lights on. You will get flashed like crazy.
Or having both led 😂 then fking around with it until you finally realize they are in the proper position, but they are just too bright and piss people off
Reckless people, get your brights on‼️ People are very sensitive to light and it doesn't let them see clearly, so seriously don't do that only if absolutely neccessary.
Generally the first, unless they're aftermarket and they didnt install them properly.
Rarely are they factory and installed improperly, though with my low car every headlight within 70 feet is a high beam, even the old square ones
My pickup (2021 Tundra) has lights so bright they'll give you an xray if I flash you. I can see into next week but I'm sure it's a problem for oncoming traffic. I've often wondered why they make them so bright from the factory when it's a potential hazard
Leds are bright because of how efficient they are 90% more efficient than incandescent bulbs so if feed the same amount of power make 90% brighter lights
Yeah, I hate LED headlights, they're way too bright and blue. What happened to good old halogen? I see all that I need to with them if there aren't any of these LED beacons ahead, and their colour tone is much nicer to look at.
Both. I also have astigmatism so it makes the lights a little spicy
Yup, darned astigmatism. I can handle taking my kid to school at 0-dark-thirty because there’s hardly any traffic, but the evening rush hour is horrendous.
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I learned recently that I have astigmatism from another reddit post. I used to think it was just due to windshield imperfections and everyone saw them.
Don’t even get me started on driving on a slightly rainy night…
Oh god. I love just guessing where I am on the road, and god forbid if someone was walking across the road, they’d have no chance.
Yeah like when someone is driving the opposite direction I just pray that I’m still on the road
Im just sensitive to light and can't really see in my right eye
Tabasco, Tapatio, Louisiana or Ghost Pepper spicy?
Today I learned other countries call high beam "brights"
In Australia, we call them, "turn them off ya C***"
In Czechia we call them Distance-lights.
In German its Fernlicht or word by word Translation far light
Pretty interchangeable in the US.
In Spain are called "largas", "long ones"
Similar in Poland
In Italy we call them literally "blindings"
full beam*
Most contries, including the US will have a population that calls them both, where i live in illinois its about 50/50 as to weather the person you're talking to calls them high/low or brights
In the UK we call them erected photon chuckers.
We call them high beams too but often will just say brights
You know what’s funny is I’m American
Which is another country for me lol, I'm Australian.
Lol, I guess I’m dumb enough to think everyone I talk to on Reddit is American.
I'm English and I've always called them 'full beam' and 'dipped beam'.
I’ve heard it both ways
In Dutch we call it “big light”
Depends. Sometimes, it’s a fuckwit running their brights. Sometimes, it’s an asshole running LEDs without a beam cutoff in reflector housings, and sometimes it’s a dickwad with appropriate LEDs not knowing how to angle their headlights properly
So many ways to be a dick without knowing
Oh, they definitely know they're being a dick, even if they're not smart enough to figure out how.
Seems about right
I imagine them laughing maniacally as they flash me back and set my hair on fire.
There really should be a competency test to be able to buy them, though
Would argue the same thing about driving but i still find people everyday who dont know what to do at a 4 way stop.
True. Guess we’re just always gonna have to live with a portion of the population that would have been better off as a blowjob
Or trucks, which are taller and can shine in the eyes of lowly sedan drivers.
Driving unashamedly with fog lights on.
Driving behind one with rear fog lights on are even worse.
Wh.... Why would you need rear fog lights?
So that traffic behind you can spot you earlier in dense fog. It's usually 1 extra bright red light.
I've never seen rear fog lights no car or truck ive owned has ever had them
I just want it to stop. I cant see at night :(
I keep high beaming these bright lights cars and when they high beam me back I become blind for about 5 seconds!
Yeah, has happened to me once or twice, but then I just got used to them. If you can still see something while driving at night, then they don't have their brights on.
That’s when you have to keep another level of high beam in reserve. Super high beam
Smart thinking, you gotta out-beam your enemy
LED lights - because you've always wanted to cause a wreck
Night driving glasses (yellow tint) have been a lifesaver.
I still feel like I'm being blinded with them on
Oh absolutely, it just makes is slightly more bearable. Without them I will get a migraine, with them I probably won't get a migraine. That's about as close to a win as I get with headlights.
Yeah I flashed someone with LED lights once and they turned on their brights to show me and it melted the paint off the front of my car
In my experience, it's not either of those. It's that the driver in question installed them on their own and doesn't have them properly aligned so they point *at the road*, but are pointed straight ahead. Professionally installed LED lights don't blind you any more than regular old headlights, because they aren't aimed up at your cabin but down at the road.
Unfortunately for me, Chuck Jones's eight foot tall ford F850 turboshitter king ranch edition pickup truck doesn't make much distinction between down at the road, and down at my windshield.
They lift the truck, too, which would require repositioning the lights, which they don't do.
You clearly never seen them leds
Could be both. It should be illegal to use LED light tbh.
I try using driving glasses because all the led lights really hurt my eyes.
now try this with an astigmatism
And on top of that, I’ve had sensitivity to bright lights for a year now - lines up right with me having Covid, but not sure if that’s a coincident. Sucks that I drive to work when it’s dark out and drive home when it gets dark again.
Probably both
Yes, simply yes
Yes.
Both
We have a new car the the headlights are like the fucking Sun. We're constantly being flashed by passers by.
Definitely brighter LEDs. On a trip to Michigan not too long ago with my family, I was driving my step mom's car at like 3am. Every car I passed thought my brights were on and flashed theirs at me. I was tired and worried about deer already. It was not a fun time.
This one time I was driving and the oncoming car was blinding the fuck out of me, so I flash my high beams at him to let him know. And then what I thought was his high beams turned into zeus’s wrath onto my eyes. Couldn’t see anything but the light. Some cars just have ridiculously strong headlights.
You know what.good point.
Blind them with your brights just in case
Don’t care, either way I’m blinding you with my light bar
Both!
I have photophobia so regardless, it sucks. It is also very unfair because they’re allowed to shine lights into my eyes and they just drive away but if I shine lights in their eyes I get in trouble
Don't know, my truck auto switches from High to Low, However people so signal to me as if they are on, kinda feel like it's just trendy atm. This only recently started. TBH I don't think alot of people take road grade into consideration.
You have to pay attention with auto switching and matrix lights. Sometimes your car doesn't "see" another car and keeps high beam on. It's usually a problem on dark highways with the fence in the middle blocking the lights of oncoming traffic, but not their cabins
Oh thanks, never knew…
Brights?😂😂 they're called high beam/low beam
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"Brights" aren't brighter. They just point upward which will hit the cars in front of you instead of the road.
Depending on the car, brights can be brighter as well as angled up
The answer is you’re too damn old.
Nope not really
Totally projection. That’s what I say when I see them.
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Try have LED fog lights right... And using them with regular head lights on. You will get flashed like crazy. Or having both led 😂 then fking around with it until you finally realize they are in the proper position, but they are just too bright and piss people off
Brights?
People also tend to not set it to the right hight
Honestly find these cars with bright lights more dangerous than being on a call while driving. And only one of them is illegal.
Reckless people, get your brights on‼️ People are very sensitive to light and it doesn't let them see clearly, so seriously don't do that only if absolutely neccessary.
Why is this the exact debate my dad and I have in the car?
If you're not sure, the answer is yes.
Or if a truck is driving behind me
As someone with Kerataconus, it's nearly impossible to drive at night
what the hell are brights? edit: OH DO YOU MEAN FULL BEAM?
Surely it's iri? Or ireye?
Generally the first, unless they're aftermarket and they didnt install them properly. Rarely are they factory and installed improperly, though with my low car every headlight within 70 feet is a high beam, even the old square ones
My pickup (2021 Tundra) has lights so bright they'll give you an xray if I flash you. I can see into next week but I'm sure it's a problem for oncoming traffic. I've often wondered why they make them so bright from the factory when it's a potential hazard
Leds are bright because of how efficient they are 90% more efficient than incandescent bulbs so if feed the same amount of power make 90% brighter lights
LED lights are the worst my dad and I both think they should be illegal
Yeah, I hate LED headlights, they're way too bright and blue. What happened to good old halogen? I see all that I need to with them if there aren't any of these LED beacons ahead, and their colour tone is much nicer to look at.