r/Eugene • u/nsfw_ducky • Nov 02 '22

IT’S TURN ON YOUR FUCKING HEADLIGHTS SEASON META

TURN ON YOUR FUCKING HEADLIGHTS IF ITS DARK, RAINING, OR FOGGY, SO ALL THE FUCKING TIME NOW IF SOMEONE FLASHES THEIR HIGH BEAMS AT YOU YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR FUCKING HEADLIGHTS ON

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u/blaiseblack Nov 02 '22

Can it also be don’t turn on your brights if you are driving towards someone time? I swear, the combo of the new super bright headlights plus people turning their brights on is more dangerous than people think.

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u/Moojoo0 Nov 02 '22

I would dearly live to outlaw those ridiculously bright led headlights. Or at least require that they be aimed correctly instead of directly into my retinas.

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u/azngorilla Nov 02 '22

The problem isn't the brightness of the LEDs or the even brighter HIDs. The problem is people retrofitting them into headlight housings that are not meant for them. There are two types of headlight housings, reflectors and projectors. Reflectors are the old type and are meant for halogen bulbs. Projectors are the new type and are meant for use with HIDs or LEDs. Projectors have a built in cutoff to prevent the light from blinding people. If you were to shine the light from a projector against a wall you would see a distinct horizontal cutoff of the light. Reflectors don't have that cutoff so they just blast blinding light everywhere. That should absolutely be illegal. Also a problem is vehicles that have been raised so much that the headlights are at the level of your eyes, but that is not as common as people using the wrong bulb in the wrong housing.

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u/Moojoo0 Nov 02 '22

Oh I know those are an issue, but I very much doubt every single dudebro with a brand new truck is rushing out to get the wrong bulbs for their truck.

Confirmed data point of one, but my dad's truck is 100% unmodified, stock headlights, and still blinds the shit out of me. But it's also a monster with headlights above my head level when I'm sitting in my little beep beep car, so maybe not a great data point.

The new model of volvos is super blinding too, despite being a thin line of LEDs.