What's With The HIGH BEAMS?

[Roadmedic]

I never have paid attention to signatures until you mentioned it.

 

[Sinister]

You have your opinion, I have mine.

Don't flash your high beams in peoples mirrors when they pass you. Nobody likes it.

 

[Roadmedic]

Don't flash your high beams in peoples mirrors when they pass you. Nobody likes it.

Wrong. It does not bother me and alot of other people that drive. Seems to be only a small amount it does.

 

[Sinister]

No, it's just that nobody really says anything because as soon as you blind someone with your high beams, you're automatically written off as an idiot, and most people are smart enough not to argue with idiots.

Nobody likes getting high beams in their eyes.

 

[Roadmedic]

No, it's just that nobody really says anything because as soon as you blind someone with your high beams, you're automatically written off as an idiot, and most people are smart enough not to argue with idiots.

Nobody likes getting high beams in their eyes.

I really wish you could learn to read the entire thread of posts. Do it and get back to me.

 

[Sinister]

Top of page two has you making a smartassed comment. Middle of page two, this thread descends into idiocy by two members, one being you - discussing brake checks and whose at fault when someone hits someone else in the ass.

What's your point?

 

[Roadmedic]

Top of page two has you making a smartassed comment. Middle of page two, this thread descends into idiocy by two members, one being you - discussing brake checks and whose at fault when someone hits someone else in the ass.

What's your point?

First it was not intended as a smart comment.

Second, I do not use my high beams.

Third, they do not bother me or many of the people I talk to.

Fourth, how many drivers drive with their eyes on the mirrors? Must be the reason they cannot stay in their lane when they pass.

 

[Sinister]

Allow myself to quote - myself...

Hopefully I can more clearly illustrate why this is a bad idea...

It is dark out and I have just passed you.

After a few seconds, I look in my mirror to make sure I’m passed you and put my turn signal on to move back to the right lane.

You FLASH YOUR HIGH BEAMS to let me know I’m clear. Or worse yet, leave them on a second or two!

Now, flash blinded, I make my lane change, curse your being and move along into the night shaking my head, and hating you. I probably won’t even say anything on the radio, as arguing with an idiot equals two idiots.

The part that I hve enlarged is where the problem starts. That's what creates the hazard. When you (or anyone) flashes high beams, you are usually doing so right in someones eyes. It's not that they are going down the high way staring in the mirror. That blog goes on to explain that just sitting there and doing nothing is a perfectly acceptable alternative.

 

[Roadmedic]

Allow myself to quote - myself...

Hopefully I can more clearly illustrate why this is a bad idea...



The part that I hve enlarged is where the problem starts. That's what creates the hazard. That blog goes on to explain why, and it also states that just sitting there and doing nothing is a perfectly acceptable alternative.

I do about 170,000 miles a year. Alot of them are at night. I get flashed alot. It does not bother my eye sight at all.

What bothers me is the practice of running the brighter headlights and misaligned that I have no choice but to see them.

Again, I am not bothered nor is my vision. There are some that are, but there are many that are not.

It is not a subject justifying the reverse lights to be used, that started my participation in this thread. Such actions are immature and show the type of drivers we are.

We should be professional enough to deal with it.

 

[Sinister]

We should all be professional enough to realize that flashing high beams is not a good idea. Its something that can create a hazard and that's what prompts the flashing of any rearward facing lights. Usually.

Real professional.

Blind the driver and he might wreck.

And there's no way that's not a smart assed comment. That's okay though. we like smartasses around here. Sometimes Bullwinkle adds them to the staff.

 

[Roadmedic]

We should all be professional enough to realize that flashing high beams is not a good idea. Its something that can create a hazard and that's what prompts the flashing of any rearward facing lights. Usually.




And there's no way that's not a smart assed comment. That's okay though. we like smartasses around here. Sometimes Bullwinkle adds them to the staff.

It was not intended that way. It was just an observation of what it could lead to.

 

[Scorp]

And there's no way that's not a smart assed comment. That's okay though. we like smartasses around here. Sometimes Bullwinkle adds them to the staff.

I fully acknowledge my smartass comments and can only hope that one day my smartassness level can reach that of the great one...!

 

[Sinister]

I've smartassedly added a poll. Please vote so that we may gain hard, scientific data on the subject that I have already blogged about, and solved.

 

[Scorp]

Done!

 

[Dayripper]

we like smartasses around here. Sometimes Bullwinkle adds them to the staff.

so when do i get on the staff?

 

[Scorp]

so when do i get on the staff?

February 30th

 

[delta5]

Technically, you are not supposed to blink or flash your headlights. If them passing you causes an accident because you flashed your lights, you will be held responsible for the accident.

 

[patriciajnsn]

Arkansas is good for using highbeams on dark 2 lane hwys and will not dim em even if u turn your brights on.The oncoming bright lights dont bother them.I hate when u see somebody with the most brightest lites a mile or so down the road and wont dim em till they're right on u.Anymore somebody has brights on i turn mine on and leave em on.Figure they can look at my brights too.As far as the interstate goes,the bright lites don't bother me,I just don't look on the opposite side.

 

[Sandman]

I guess I'm more forgiving, I'll flash once then leave'em on bright, mine can stay on too. And you're right about certain locations with a shortage of dimmer switches or is it a gathering of idiots?

 

[Sinister]

Its weird. Back on Long Island, say you were coming up a hill and saw headlights coming up the other side. As soon as you saw the lights from the headlights (even before the other vehicle got to the top) you dimmed your lights as a courtesy. In Wisconsin one of the first things I noticed was that people wait until they've high beamed you for a millisecond before they dim them.

It's kind of annoying really, and I don't understand how this particular thing has persisted.