kamenladyWhy there's no quick fix in sight for the problem of dazzling headlights
FireRetardantHeadlight height reuglations and lumen limits. If a transport truck can have reasonably placed head lights, so can the f250.
I’ve been thinking about this stuff since I moved to a place where nights are very dark and people use high beams much more liberally (and inconsiderately)
It’s it possible to have some sort of lumen-activated glass tinting? Something to protect the receiving end?
I think ive heard of glasses that do something similar in the sunlight. I think auto makers will be hesisitant because if it fails to revert back the low visibility could be hazardous and result in a lawsuit. I think we can solve this problem with proper regulation rather than add even more tech to new cars. Along with lumen limits the “warmth” (kelvin) of the lights may be regulated as well.
ebolapieI believe any kind of window tint on windshields is illegal in the United States. Even electrochromic tint that is 100% transparent most of the time.
My understanding is that thwres a a federal limit of like 30% light being blocked for windshields, with most states having stronger regulations.
My state, Mass, only allows any tint in the top 6" for instance. BUT, its really easy to get a waiver, overriding that. All it requires is taking a doctor’s note documenting photosensitivity to the DMV.
Back in highschool, my friend’s mom had glaucoma, and got her car tinted. Because he was on his parent’s insurance, that made her a registered user of his car, and also entitled him to tint his out. He had his windshield tinted to about the darkness of a medium pair of sunglasses.
henfredemarsEnforcement 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.
☂️-
SakuraiCollisions dropped suddently in 2020. What could have possibly caused it???
Ok, here’s how you fix it:
Just saying there are new requirements would be unfair to poor people that both 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.
during annual checks
Most of north america doesn’t do that. Some place require a safety check to initiate insurance, after that most just wait for things to break or get pulled over by a cop/ministry of transportation.
Im also a little iffy about #2. We already subsidize drivers enough, making them pay for their lights or at least partly pay sounds reasonable.
I think a middle ground solution would be add the regulations for new cars and enforce the regulation when a noncompliant car changes owners. This way buyers of used cars should be able to research if that cost is likely to impact their model or not. It doesn’t take all the headlights off the road at once but it starts phasing out the problematic cars.
Most of north america doesn’t do that.
Clearly, a solution for civilized countries :)
But I agree, you can either pay and get the problem solved faster or pass the cost to drivers and wait a decade or more to phase out problematic cars.
I bring up north america mostly because it has the most egregious offenders with high hooded SUVs and trucks.
Alternatively, retroreflective mirror
unfortunately you’d need a quite large surface for it to be effective
𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘… that’s already handled by the retro reflective nature
then you get an even smaller effective area
𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍idk 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
Destide90% 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.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Have you tried baseball bats?
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!
Rob T FireflyThis 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.