When you let an industry regulate itself, you end up with the 737-MAX and a reassurance that existing 737 pilots don't need further training to fly it...
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Yeah, I don't really like sitting behind them either. We just got a new car and while it isn't that tall, the lights are just so fucking bright it's unreal. I find it harder to see at night, at least beyond the zone of my headlights, because it's so bright my eyes don't adjust as much. In addition every time hit a bump or crest a hill people act like I'm high-beaming them. I get the frustration dude, but they're already over-adjusted down, what else am I supposed to do?
Mistaking the bump for flashing high beams is the most common and serious problem for me. I keep thinking people are trying to get my attention with their lights. I can't tell you how many times I've pulled over to make sure I didn't run over some kind of debris I didn't notice or check my tires or signals just to realize it was probably just their lights. Flashes and signals are for communication on the roadway. If everyone's lights are flashing any time there's a divot or crest in the road, we can't effectively signal to each other.
I've also noticed that this level of brightness is absolutely shit in fog and stormy weather. Nobody can see fuck all.
I wish we didn't have this problem to begin with and would greatly prefer to bike or bus to avoid this altogether, but since I moved out of the city, that is not a viable option.
I'm a new driver who drives sometimes, and when I do it's with my grandfather's old car. It is a problem. I don't care what reasons you have to suggest they're better, if I can't see fcking anything at night when a car drives past me, that's a problem. I want to be able to see pedestrians, I want to be able to see if an animal is in my way, roadsigns, literally anything I need to see and I genuinely can't do that. It's blinding and that's not an exaggeration
Cowards be afraid of the dark
Funny thing. Higher brightness = higher contrast between light and darkness.
Yes we need less cars, but leaving cars more dangerous isn't the better interim solution.
While cars have always travelled at speed at night, till modern headlights they were just reckless.
It is another reason cycling infrastructure should be seperated: so headlights can be shielded.
Modern headlights are blinding to anyone not in the vehicle using them. Oncoming headlights if you're in anything shorter than whatever is producing them makes it near-impossible to see the road.
It isn't just brightness. It's also the height, how they're pointed, and whether the driver is an asshole who doesn't dim the brights for oncoming traffic.