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[–] drahardja 59 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I live in the SF Bay Area and about 20% of cars are driven with their high beams on all the time. The drivers just click that stalk and leave it there no matter what. It’s an epidemic.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They think the blue indicator means their headlights are on.

[–] devfuuu 21 points 10 months ago

Technically not wrong.

[–] negativeyoda 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I thought this was just a Portland thing... "surely everyone can't be that stupid"

My latest pair of glasses have a yellow tint for this very reason

[–] wellee 9 points 10 months ago

I see this more in cities. I feel like people who drive in constantly lit streets, don't understand when to use highbeams, because they never have to.

[–] KnightontheSun 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are the glasses actually effective? Seems like the effect is controversial and perhaps detrimental.

https://www.healthline.com/health/night-driving-glasses#do-they-work

[–] frostysauce 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They technically work for me. They make bright lights darker... Because they make everything darker. I can't see anywhere near as good normally while wearing them.

[–] negativeyoda 3 points 10 months ago

Conversely... people can't see as well wearing these glasses or having treated windows so their headlights get brighter... this is kind of bananas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's interesting. Mine don't darken at all, if very little. Instead they appear to shift the light, making a white-blue turn green, and turning yellow into orange - almost red. Doesn't help much with glare or light intensity, but the colour change means that those LEDs don't burn into my eyes causing me to see a black spot for a few minutes.

I've heard to keep away from normal " yellow tinted night driving sunglasses" or fishing/daytime polarized glasses, but I don't know the exact science.

[–] negativeyoda 1 points 10 months ago

I did it mainly for looks. It's a vanity tint more than anything. The white/blue LED lights are a tinge more yellow and seem less painful, but it's still ridiculous that it's even a consideration

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Seeing this all the time in Chicago too. It's really frustrating. Coupled with the same vehicle height and regular light brightness inflation that's been occurring it's really bad.

[–] InformalTrifle 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same in Miami. It’s infuriating

[–] drahardja 3 points 10 months ago

It’s gotta be some kind of meme, where friends tell friends to do the thing, and they pass it on, because it’s gotten worse and worse over time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How do you know they’re not really bright stock/aftermarket lights?

Far fewer than 1/5 vehicles in SF/SJ have their high beams on IMO.

[–] drahardja 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I mean, 1 in 5 is a lot, just to be perfectly clear, so anything even approaching that is a pretty bad. When I was growing up, the number of cars inappropriately using high beams in city traffic was basically zero, so this is a massive regression.

You can tell that a car is using high beams because their light fixture appears fully and evenly lit from eye level. Low-beam headlights look “half full” from an opposing driver’s view. You can also tell because many lower-end cars have a separate housing just for the high beam that only light up when the high beam is on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Seems to be happening all over past few years. I have my psychological theories as to why, but I'll save those for later.