High Beams Day and Night?
Dec 19, 2023 19:13:31 #
Awhile back my daughter was following me at night in her new car. Since she was not yet accustomed to LED headlights she was concerned that they might be bothering me. Obviously she kept them on the low beams and I told her I was impressed that the top cutoff of the beams was so sharp that they stayed below the belt line on my vehicle but still illuminated the road in front of me. I think people are just getting careless about using the high beams when they not appropriate.
Dec 20, 2023 01:47:11 #
Yes, my 2021 GMC Terrain, the low-beams have a very well defined 'top' to their area. I've never had anyone 'flash' me while the low-beams were on. I couldn't say that about my 2013 GMC Terrain, nor my 2001 Chevy Blazer.
Dec 20, 2023 09:10:12 #
Nodpete wrote:
I want to see those 'bright white' headlights outlawed ! Hate 'em. No need for lights that bright.
There is in deer country.
Dec 20, 2023 10:04:17 #
markngolf wrote:
Are there a great number of deer in Brooklyn?
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Dec 20, 2023 10:21:55 #
David Axel
Loc: Westchester, NY
Using brights where they are not needed seems to be an epidemic. Most drivers who have their brights on don't even respond to flashing your own brights as a signal to turn them off.
Dec 20, 2023 14:59:57 #
It's not just local! I think the LED's aren't adjusted correctly, but if I flick my lights to high, sometimes they hit their hi, and I can't see ANYTHING. Blinded by their highs, as well as their low beams! Jerryc41, trust you are doing well. I haven't been on here lately, but remember you from the past.
Dec 20, 2023 16:24:16 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder if this is just a local thing or if it is... (show quote)
Oh, you're talking about CAR headlights. Your headline just reminded me of Cashmere sweaters from the fifties and sixties.
Dec 20, 2023 16:34:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A related problem is headlights out of alignment. That is supposed to be checked during the annual NY inspection, but I doubt they check it. I see too many vehicles - day and night, with a headlight shining in my eyes.
State inspections used to take much longer in years past. In the last 12 years, in NJ, inspections seem to only check emissions. Maybe NY is different.
Mark
Dec 20, 2023 18:03:15 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder if this is just a local thing or if it is... (show quote)
Sometimes pickup lights appear bright because they are higher than car lights, not because they have the high beams on.
I keep my high beams on 24/7 on the motorcycle. It pays to be seen and if that's an irritant, oh well.
Dec 20, 2023 21:13:28 #
Hi beams are not an irritant at all on motorcycles .there are lots of great motorcycle riders out there but those few who rider at 90 or 100 mph down a busy freeway zig zagging from lane to lane.my son and I were on the freeway one day and I heard what sounded like a dirt bike
We were traveling about 45 mph due to some heavy traffic .we were on the right lane and this guy past us going at least 60 weaving in and out of traffic on the middle lane , cut in front of us and the car ahead of us was in his way so he got on the shoulder which had those 55 gallon orange barrels. He stuck a few of those and fell off this bike and landed with him facing us in the middle of our lane.my son looked at his diver's side mirror and no one was on the middle lane so he jurked the wheel over to the middle lane while breaking hard.he missed hitting the guy by inches.we stopped and helped him get back up.he picked up his bike which was in pretty sad shape after the fall and got on it and off he rode.i know he was hurting bad but didn't want an ambulance or the cops.
We were traveling about 45 mph due to some heavy traffic .we were on the right lane and this guy past us going at least 60 weaving in and out of traffic on the middle lane , cut in front of us and the car ahead of us was in his way so he got on the shoulder which had those 55 gallon orange barrels. He stuck a few of those and fell off this bike and landed with him facing us in the middle of our lane.my son looked at his diver's side mirror and no one was on the middle lane so he jurked the wheel over to the middle lane while breaking hard.he missed hitting the guy by inches.we stopped and helped him get back up.he picked up his bike which was in pretty sad shape after the fall and got on it and off he rode.i know he was hurting bad but didn't want an ambulance or the cops.
Dec 21, 2023 07:09:20 #
SteveR wrote:
Oh, you're talking about CAR headlights. Your headline just reminded me of Cashmere sweaters from the fifties and sixties.
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Dec 21, 2023 16:31:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder if this is just a local thing or if it is... (show quote)
I find older people use high beams at night mostly and that makes cense, I don’t see too many cars with high beams during daylight driving.
Dec 21, 2023 21:42:50 #
Nodpete wrote:
I want to see those 'bright white' headlights outlawed ! Hate 'em. No need for lights that bright.
Almost all the new cars have them, especially the electric ones.
Dec 21, 2023 23:49:00 #
Dec 22, 2023 00:07:10 #
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