[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Highbeam etiquette (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 1/2/2012 6:27:01 AM EDT
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You're on a 2-lane highway at night and you are going up a hill. Although you can't yet see the car coming at you, you know there's one on the other side of the hill because you can see the light from his highbeams getting ready to crest the hill. You turn your highbeams off and expect to see him do the same. He doesn't. He waits until he crests the hill and they're right in your eyes before clicking them off. This seems to happen more and more to me. I know that sometimes we forget they're on and need a friendly doubletap from oncoming traffic to remind us, but these people KNOW they're on but choose to wait until they've blinded me before turning them off. I just don't like that. That is all. Happy 2012. |
A very long time ago, I had a pickup decked out with off-road lights. I was driving down a dark road, and a car came around a curve up ahead. I turned off my high beams. He didn't. I flashed my high beams. Nothing. I turned my highs back on. Nothing. So I hit the offroad lights. I still have the image burned into my brain... as I passed him, I could see all four wheels locked up, white smoke coming off, and the driver with both arms crossed over has face.  Dumb? Sure, I was a kid. But I'll bet you he learned to turn off his high beams for oncoming traffic.
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" 
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Quoted: Sadly I do that. And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. Sorry man, Ill use some constraint next time. I hit the low beams when I think they are close enough to where my high beams may distract them.
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. What's the matter with just muttering, "fuck off, those aren't my high beams" and flashing them so they realize it? If it happens all the time, your beams might need to be adjusted. |
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Quoted: A very long time ago, I had a pickup decked out with off-road lights. I was driving down a dark road, and a car came around a curve up ahead. I turned off my high beams. He didn't. I flashed my high beams. Nothing. I turned my highs back on. Nothing. So I hit the offroad lights. I still have the image burned into my brain... as I passed him, I could see all four wheels locked up, white smoke coming off, and the driver with both arms crossed over has face. Dumb? Sure, I was a kid. But I'll bet you he learned to turn off his high beams for oncoming traffic.I flicked on my high beams at a guy because I thought his were on...then he turned on his high beams and my mind was blown. |
| I used to love night driving, but the older I get I can't hardly do it anymore. It's largely because these damn headlights are so bright anymore (even the low beams) and the worst is when somebody rides your ass for several miles with their lights glaring in your mirrors. That night/day adjustment only gives me a slightly duller double image. I usually end up pulling off if it's a 2 lane and just letting them pass. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. What's the matter with just muttering, "fuck off, those aren't my high beams" and flashing them so they realize it? If it happens all the time, your beams might need to be adjusted. Then they start beeping their horn. My fog lights are on too, so it should be a give away. Really though, I don't care too much. It's not my fault your car lights suck. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. What's the matter with just muttering, "fuck off, those aren't my high beams" and flashing them so they realize it? If it happens all the time, your beams might need to be adjusted. Then they start beeping their horn. My fog lights are on too, so it should be a give away. Really though, I don't care too much. It's not my fault your car lights suck. I get this when I have the fog lights on also. I usually just turn off the fog lights until they are past me. |
Frankly, I've noticed that people are just plain rude nowadays. I've had people leave their highs on pass me with a smirk on their face like they think it's funny. Lots of stuff happen on the road to show the rudeness of people... and they fact that they don't pay a damn bit of attention to what is going on around them. Biggest offenders are cell phone yakkers. Get off the fucking phone and drive your car. 
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Quoted: Quoted: And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" Yup. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. Then adjust the aim of your headlights the right way and i won't flash you 10,000 times.
I know it is not you, unless your stalking in South Florida. 
But seriously folks, TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING BRIGHTS! This seems to be more prevalent in lower income crowd down here. They will throw in any cheap ass light bulb and they will burn out in a month and instead of replacing the bulb, they keep there brights on, so as to not invite the man in to their lives. Pay once, cry once right ? |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" Yup.
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Frankly, I've noticed that people are just plain rude nowadays. I've had people leave their highs on pass me with a smirk on their face like they think it's funny. Lots of stuff happen on the road to show the rudeness of people... and they fact that they don't pay a damn bit of attention to what is going on around them. Biggest offenders are cell phone yakkers. Get off the fucking phone and drive your car. This annoys me as well as the dipshits with the HIDs that don't have them installed correctly and blind the shit out of everyone. Not every car is set up to have them. The newer cars that already have them have a design that cuts the light before it gets too high on a vehicle most people don't have a vehicle that does that so it just blind the shit out of everyone and if they do that i leave my high beams on until i pass them. |
| I did a ride along with a fellow ARFcommer who is a sheriffs deputy... Early into the night shift dude decides to leave his highbeams on while passing us on a two lane highway, he tried to flash him to have him shut them off but dude decided not to, we spun around on him and pulled him over... Dude had a suspended license. I enjoyed the revenge as I live out in the country and get a face full of highbeams all the time. |
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Defensive driving. How does it work? If the state of someone else's headlights is enough for y'all to get worked up over (to the point of breaking out flood lights, flipping on 8700 watts of off road HIDs, whatever)...seek help. Really? You're okay driving around in the dark getting blinded so you can't see oncoming traffic? |
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I'm with you OP. Fucking assholes. The worst are those people casually cruising down the road that seem to be oblivious to the fact that they have their high beams on and everybody is flashing them.
I have off-road KC lights on my Jeep and Truck to help people bright-lighting me understand that I'm flashing them. A couple of the LEO buddies I work out with share this pet peeve with us. They routinely pull people over for not dimming their lights, and often times those people are somehow impaired (either alcohol or drugs). I'm told pulling people over for not dimming their high beams often time leads to an arrest. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. If they are plastic and fogged up badly then they'll have pretty bad glare. Likewise if they have an HID 'upgrade' and weren't designed for HID bulbs. IDK if that's what you got, but these would explain the flashing. |
| I turn them off within 500 feet when approaching from the front and 300 feet when approaching from the rear as required by law. I will get behind you and act like I'm having a god damn seizure on the light stalk if you come up behind me with them on. Most people are so oblivious they don't even get that. |
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I did a ride along with a fellow ARFcommer who is a sheriffs deputy... Early into the night shift dude decides to leave his highbeams on while passing us on a two lane highway, he tried to flash him to have him shut them off but dude decided not to, we spun around on him and pulled him over... Dude had a suspended license. I enjoyed the revenge as I live out in the country and get a face full of highbeams all the time. And this made me smile. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. You sure about that ? Did you get on a level ground and check the alignment and aim ? Did your vehicle have any sort of fender bender ? The repair shops usually forget to align the lights. Did you ever replace the bulbs with something other than stock ? As you can tell, this is a big pet peeve of mine. Especially in a miata, i get blinded all the time. 1 out of maybe 100 will actually turn off their light when behind me at a stop light and i thank them profusely( thumbs up out the window). Most of the time i have to turn on my brights, which are really fucking bright Hella E-codes with 65watt bulbs, then they might get the hint. I have considered at time installing airplane landing lights on my roll bar with a swivel mount. Maybe RedJacket can help me.....it will be a game changer!
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. What's the matter with just muttering, "fuck off, those aren't my high beams" and flashing them so they realize it? If it happens all the time, your beams might need to be adjusted. Then they start beeping their horn. My fog lights are on too, so it should be a give away. Really though, I don't care too much. It's not my fault your car lights suck. The fog lights are not always a indicator of low beam use. Not all cars are setup like that, nor do all people leave that setup stock. |
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Defensive driving. How does it work? If the state of someone else's headlights is enough for y'all to get worked up over (to the point of breaking out flood lights, flipping on 8700 watts of off road HIDs, whatever)...seek help. Really? You're okay driving around in the dark getting blinded so you can't see oncoming traffic? You're okay with blinding the other guy, so now you've got two blinded motorists running around on the road? Maybe your eyes are more sensitive than mine, maybe folks are running around with some seriously badass headlights in your neck of the woods, but really, oncoming high beams don't impair me to the point where I can't see where I'm going or what I'm doing. Sure, it's rude and inconsiderate, but hey, most folks these days are inconsiderate assholes. Thus is life, it doesn't really accomplish anything getting all worked up about it. Two wrongs don't make a right, and all, be my luck I flip my highs on so I can be Billy Badass and show that oncoming driver just what a dick he is, and blinded from the glare, he drifts into my lane and hits me head on, kills me dead. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. You sure about that ? Did you get on a level ground and check the alignment and aim ? Did your vehicle have any sort of fender bender ? The repair shops usually forget to align the lights. Did you ever replace the bulbs with something other than stock ? As you can tell, this is a big pet peeve of mine. Especially in a miata, i get blinded all the time. 1 out of maybe 100 will actually turn off their light when behind me at a stop light and i thank them profusely( thumbs up out the window). Most of the time i have to turn on my brights, which are really fucking bright Hella E-codes with 65watt bulbs, then they might get the hint. I have considered at time installing airplane landing lights on my roll bar with a swivel mount. Maybe RedJacket can help me.....it will be a game changer! dude this wont end well........ |
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Or how about the idiot behind you with high beams on. Should be punishable by hanging. or use your 520 lumnen stroble light conveniently located between the front seats :) Works wonders. I have thought about that, but down here you will get shot at. |
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Quoted: I gently light up idiots with aftermarket HID lights that were installed wrong. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/Rock%20Lights/TooManyLights.jpg If they're behind me I've got that covered too. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/paul1960/Xterra/Zombie%20Lights/ZombieLights307.jpg Just kidding. I don't see 99% of people using their high beams here at all. Very odd. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. If they are plastic and fogged up badly then they'll have pretty bad glare. Likewise if they have an HID 'upgrade' and weren't designed for HID bulbs. IDK if that's what you got, but these would explain the flashing. They are factory stock, self leveling, factory spec (adjustment was actually checked about 2 years ago, they were fine, no adjustment needed) bi-xenon's. |
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Why can't people understand that my trucks low beams will shine into their Prius sized car? When I used to drive my car I realized that lights will be in my eyes bc of the height distance. NOT bc they have their high beams on Quoted:
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. What's the matter with just muttering, "fuck off, those aren't my high beams" and flashing them so they realize it? If it happens all the time, your beams might need to be adjusted. |
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I'm with you OP. Fucking assholes. The worst are those people casually cruising down the road that seem to be oblivious to the fact that they have their high beams on and everybody is flashing them. I have off-road KC lights on my Jeep and Truck to help people bright-lighting me understand that I'm flashing them. A couple of the LEO buddies I work out with share this pet peeve with us. They routinely pull people over for not dimming their lights, and often times those people are somehow impaired (either alcohol or drugs). I'm told pulling people over for not dimming their high beams often time leads to an arrest. Yep. No headlights on, or failure to dim headlights, can often be a sign of impaired driving. Either way, they're likely to get pulled over to see what's going on. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. If they are plastic and fogged up badly then they'll have pretty bad glare. Likewise if they have an HID 'upgrade' and weren't designed for HID bulbs. IDK if that's what you got, but these would explain the flashing. They are factory stock, self leveling, factory spec (adjustment was actually checked about 2 years ago, they were fine, no adjustment needed) bi-xenon's. Sometimes when you meet people in a curve, especially on a hill, one car's lowbeams can shine right at the other car's driver, making them think the first driver's brights are on if they don't realize what's happening. |
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And stop flashing your high beams at me just because you think mine are on. That shit gets annoying as hell. If that keeps happening, your beams are adjusted too high. Fix them. Your lights are "annoying as hell" to everyone else, which is why they're flashing you, you dolt. Nobody is saying, "Oh, hey, that car up ahead in the dark... that's jtstock, let's fuck with him, let's flash our high beams just because we know it annoys him!" My car lights are adjusted correctly. You sure about that ? Did you get on a level ground and check the alignment and aim ? Did your vehicle have any sort of fender bender ? The repair shops usually forget to align the lights. Did you ever replace the bulbs with something other than stock ? As you can tell, this is a big pet peeve of mine. Especially in a miata, i get blinded all the time. 1 out of maybe 100 will actually turn off their light when behind me at a stop light and i thank them profusely( thumbs up out the window). Most of the time i have to turn on my brights, which are really fucking bright Hella E-codes with 65watt bulbs, then they might get the hint. I have considered at time installing airplane landing lights on my roll bar with a swivel mount. Maybe RedJacket can help me.....it will be a game changer! dude this wont end well........ Why ? I asked a simple question in a civil manner. I was mostly joking about the landing lights, mostly. Although someone on the miata forums did actually put landing light on their roll bar. The miata crap ? Yeah i have gotten it from this forum before, water off a ducks back. |