Recent comments in /f/Washington

Hecho_en_Shawano t1_j4qzul0 wrote

In my recent experience almost every Tesla model 3 appears to have their brights on all the time. I can be looking at a big line of oncoming cars and see a few that seem to have their brights on…they’re almost always all Tesla Model 3’s.

I’ve also heard a rumor that some people don’t like the auto-high beams because they flip on/off too much, so they put tape over the light sensor. That would keep the high beams always on. I can definitely see people doing something this dumb

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technoferal t1_j4qqqcl wrote

Our local ambulances have those LED lights *and* the elevation to point them right at my retina. I must have blinked my high beams at them half a dozen different occasions before learning to recognize them. I mean, I'm happy that they can see into the future with those damned lights, but I just want to see outside my vehicle.

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UnkindPotato t1_j4qqota wrote

I'll be voting "NO"

Everyone forgets that back in the day, nobody agreed with the .08 de facto limit, because de facto intoxication laws arwn't based in science. Nobody wanted these laws on the books because they invite corruption and give the police a reason to arrest and persecute people who aren't actually intoxicated.

The feds had to blackmail the states with federal highway funding in order to get the .08 limit passed. It worked.

I don't vote "YES" on laws that aren't supported by evidence. We don't need a hard alcohol limit, we need a set of objective measures of performance supported by science, unlike most current FSTs (with the exception of HGN) to determine intoxication

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Phuzi3 t1_j4qppv5 wrote

This has been a complaint since HIDs first hit the market in the early 2000s. Now that LEDs are taking over, it’s the same debate.

Hell, I think my dad said the same issue came up when halogen became dominate…

I get it. I do a lot of driving at night, and I get blinded by 90% of the cars on the road. I either look towards the fog line or put up a hand (or middle finger) to block the glare from the oncoming lights. Or use my hand to block it if they’re lights are shining in my side view.

There’s no real good way to “fix” it, other than we have to find a way to deal with it.

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nordicalien94 t1_j4qp8sa wrote

I have aftermarket LED headlights for my Jeep with color changing halos. Jeep headlights already sit higher than average vehicles so people flash me all the time. So now I just use my halos and fog lights. I use my regular headlights when I really need the light and people flash me anyways but I don’t give a fuck anymore. I just flash people back and they still flash me haha 😂

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