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It all started going down hill when they got rid of the foot switch for high beams.
Man, I remember those.
After only owning/driving them for 20+ years, I finally just swapped from a manual to an automatic. Suddenly want to see if there’s an aftermarket kit to make a foot switch work for my car. I mean, my left foot has to do something
I refuse to give up manual transmissions.
Yeah, I still feel the same, but car was scratching at 20 years old and maintenance was becoming more than I have time for these days. So swapped to an (almost) new hybrid.
I regret it almost every day (not that the hybrid is bad; its just not the same feel. Plus all these newfangled sensors are a removed).
My 2006 xB is too modern for me. I’m looking for a late 80s pickup. I want carburetors again.
If you need lights that have more lumens then the sun to drive at night, you shouldn’t be allowed to drive at night
In their defense, whenever they turn it on, it’s no longer night
Fear my alpha photons.
Theywill annilate your puny beta photons.
The cybertruck is so poorly designed, if it wasn’t legally mandated for vehicles to have headlights, those ugly things would have a night vision HUD projection on the
windshielddash screen and nothing else, allowing those IN the vehicle to see, but not allowing anyone else to see the truck at night.‘You turned the HUD on while it rained. Sorry buddy, but that’s why grandpa burned alive in the back seat.’
This is just a post
my bad
Its alright. That just means its too good for this place.
it’s ok, I’m pooping right now, so it is still a shitpost.
What’s up with that?
Audi gave the world this nice upgrade. They also find out people hate it. So they have developed a new headlight that give some kind shadow to other cars. Hopefully this will be a new law for led light.
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Those idiotic LED matrix lights keep conveniently missing the wing mirrors of cars in front when casting their shadow
Arsehole lights for arsehole cars for arsehole people, I guess.
There was a well established and very simple technology for not blinding other traffic. High beam and low beam, with a manual switch. No myriad of sensors and computers that do a worse job than any driver with just half a brain and some small remainder of decency.
any driver with just half a brain and some small remainder of decency
Those are getting more scarce too.
Unfortunately, they do. People seem to think because of all the assistance systems in modern cars, they don’t need to pay attention anymore. My daily commute on a narrow country road with largely no centre line has become a harrowing adventure in the past couple years. Idiots are increasingly driving in the middle of, or even on the wrong side of the road. These days even a solid centre line is becoming a mere suggestion.
The worst thing the car industry ever did was turn our vehicles into mobile living rooms.
I still stand firm that driving should be mildly uncomfortable and loud with the intention of keeping you focused.
Can you say again? I didn’t hear
Every car has auto high beams now, and I gotta wonder what the folks living on country roads think about thousands of cars flashing their lights for the split second there’s no oncoming traffic.
God my wife’s car has that and I hate it-
we hate it. fucking hate it. it’s so goddamn offensive for people to be lighting up the night sky like that when their already way more bright than necessary lowbeams do just fine
And don’t forget that people outside of cars exist which are missed 100% of the time
The cars don’t miss the people outside of the car 100% of the time, unfortunately.
Point your side view mirrors lower and out more? They are to see your sides, the rear view covers the behind.
If they’re set properly, it shouldn’t be reflecting cars behind you into your eyes.
This poster loves blindspots.
How does this make blind spots? You still see just the edge of your vehicle.
If you see the edge you already see what is behind your car, thus being blinded.
You’re supposed to be able to rely entirely on your side mirrors, the rear view is for quick glances, it’s honestly not a great mirror
If you’re got the rear view, use it and save yourself.
Seems a no brainer.
… Am I supposed to move my side mirrors out of place every time when someone blinds me through them?
How about switch off your fucking high beams when you’re driving behind another car instead of making them adjust their mirrors. Not all cars even have rear view mirrors. Vans don’t. Mine’s aimed at the rear seat so I can see what my kid’s doing.
You can’t even pass the driving exam here if you use your rear view mirror instead of side mirrors.
… Am I supposed to move my side mirrors out of place every time when someone blinds me through them?
What? Why?
How about switch off your fucking high beams when you’re driving behind another car instead of making them adjust their mirrors.
Why are you constantly adjusting your mirrors? You set them and leave them.
Not all cars even have rear view mirrors. Vans don’t.
Most come with back up cameras now, maybe install one.
Mine’s aimed at the rear seat so I can see what my kid’s doing.
Lmfao, you are an idiot.
You can’t even pass the driving exam here if you use your rear view mirror instead of side mirrors.
That’s just making shit up.
Oooohh weee! What’s up with that? What’s up with that?!
It’s like puffing up your chest to look impressive, but for cars
Our cars are evolving into anglerfish
We have been taken for absolute fools 😔
That cyberjunk inadvertently (probably) like like it’s already been in a fender bender, judging by the huge dent and crumple patterns.
Have been contacting different places about 3500k lights for my vehicle but they all just go “what do you mean? Halogen?”
JFC, 3500k colour is possible in LED, halogen, any light. They just don’t want to make/sell them.
I’m wondering if this is due to the fact that so many politicians (and, thus, members of regulatory bodies) are OOOOLLLLLLD and need the night to look like the inside of an Apple Store in order to drive.
I think strong lights are needed… I have two cars, one old and one new. Im afraid to drive the old one when its dark because its impossible to see anything.
May not be a popular opinion but thats how it is.
You can’t see anything because you’re blinded by the other’s lights I assume?
so slow down
my 2008 with halogens does perfectly fine
one day someone like me is going to drive head-on into you because we can’t see shit because of your asshole headlights
The asshole headlights do less blinding than most 80s and 90s halogens, because the asshole lights have projectors whereas the halogens just shoot whereever the fuck.
didn’t realize 80/90s blinding and 2020 blinding were the only options
too bad there isn’t a happy medium somewhere around 2010
Modern lights are still less likely to blind you because you may adjust your low beam to spec, but most people don’t and halogens typically don’t have auto adjustment and many even aim them high because they don’t get how low beams are supposed to work.
Also I find that people with halogens or burnt out xenons take longer to switch off their high beams.
The LEDs that blind you are most likely illegal retrofits or lifted trucks. Proper LED lights have very clear low beam cutoffs and multibeam LEDs will literally cut other cars out of their beams.
your premise that the cutoff works well enough is incorrect
source: my fucking life
I’m blinded by “properly aimed” stock LEDs all the fucking time. roads aren’t flat. and they’re bumpy. hills exist. different elevations exist.
and your point about multibeam LEDs just proves my point more because it completely ignores non-vehicles
I’m blinded by “properly aimed” stock LEDs all the fucking time. roads aren’t flat. and they’re bumpy. hills exist. different elevations exist.
And improperly adjusted halogens will blind you even on flat terrain. And the drivers are more likely to keep their high beams on for much longer before switching over. Same with burnt out HIDs, once the 20 year old projectors have burnt out, the low beams are so shit that people will just drive with high beams into oncoming traffic. Whereas people with actually good lights can turn off their high beams when there’s oncoming traffic.
I have an older car and feel like I can’t see far enough in front of me, but half the cars driving towards me have lights that blind me. So I’m torn on how I feel about this.
Yeah. It also matters if you have a taller car. Its not fun being in a smaller one…
