dropdeded 0 #1 January 9, 2010 I drive a lot at night. Yeah, you can see great, and so much safer for you. But ya know, Im getting tired of having to look someplace other than the road in front of me because I cant fucking SEE!!! If I cant tell if its your brights, I flash you then Im REALLY fuckin blinded Just wanted to share the love, have a great evening------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #2 January 9, 2010 Quote I drive a lot at night. Yeah, you can see great, and so much safer for you. But ya know, Im getting tired of having to look someplace other than the road in front of me because I cant fucking SEE!!! If I cant tell if its your brights, I flash you then Im REALLY fuckin blindedJust wanted to share the love, have a great evening I'm with you on that shit. Was just talking with a friend of mine about how BRIGHT they are. Even here in the city, they BLIND me!!! And I drive an SUV and the little hopped up POS Honda's are KILLING me!!! PSA folks ... don't blind the other drivers out there ....'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyBastard 0 #3 January 9, 2010 *sings* I wear my sunglasses at night..Dude #320 "Superstitious" is just a polite way of saying "incredibly fucking stupid". DONK! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #4 January 9, 2010 The other side. I drive an 01 ford F-150, stock headlights. Had a guy tonight turn on his left signal, brake, then right, brake, speed up, break. I got the message. I flashed high beams & HE got the message. Yes, some are over kill, blind them back is all I can offer. I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #5 January 9, 2010 I imagine more than a few folks out there need to do a bit of adjusting too. Only takes a few minutes, and chances are if you aim 'em properly they'll work a lot more effectively without blinding everyone else quite as intensely!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 January 9, 2010 Quote I imagine more than a few folks out there need to do a bit of adjusting too. Only takes a few minutes, and chances are if you aim 'em properly they'll work a lot more effectively without blinding everyone else quite as intensely! That's my thinking too, the headlight position is often incorrect, on the HID lights. I do plan on putting them on my Guzzi when it's rebuilt I LIKE being seenYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yarpos 4 #7 January 9, 2010 Quote I drive a lot at night. Yeah, you can see great, and so much safer for you. But ya know, Im getting tired of having to look someplace other than the road in front of me because I cant fucking SEE!!! If I cant tell if its your brights, I flash you then Im REALLY fuckin blindedJust wanted to share the love, have a great evening sadly it all the go here as well, and half the clowns never get out of the burbs anyway. Why they need them apart from a fashion statement I dont know. We have also taken to calling fog lights , driving lights. So now people are driving around with two sets of headlights in fine weather very cool regards, Steve the older I get...the better I was Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #8 January 9, 2010 QuotePSA folks... ? http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=PSA+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=e8d6ef47431c6a4a Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #9 January 9, 2010 QuoteQuotePSA folks... ? http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=PSA+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=e8d6ef47431c6a4a yeah, ??------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbh186 0 #10 January 9, 2010 But, once you've driven with them, you'll realize how much you weren't seeing at night. I haven't used my high beams in 4 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #11 January 9, 2010 Quote But, once you've driven with them, you'll realize how much you weren't seeing at night. I haven't used my high beams in 4 years . That's because your new low beams are brighter than everyone else's high beams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #12 January 9, 2010 Quote Quote I drive a lot at night. Yeah, you can see great, and so much safer for you. But ya know, Im getting tired of having to look someplace other than the road in front of me because I cant fucking SEE!!! If I cant tell if its your brights, I flash you then Im REALLY fuckin blindedJust wanted to share the love, have a great evening I'm with you on that shit. Was just talking with a friend of mine about how BRIGHT they are. Even here in the city, they BLIND me!!! And I drive an SUV and the little hopped up POS Honda's are KILLING me!!! PSA folks ... don't blind the other drivers out there .... I hardly notice them at all in my truck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #13 January 9, 2010 Anyhow, I hate those extra-bright, silver-light headlights. I once got into a debate on here with a certain engineering type who was saying, "..well, technically, they're not really brighter, they' re just ... blah blah blah .... candela per lamp... . blah blah, etc." Well, I don't really give a shit; all I know is that they blind me. And I'm more than happy to give people a dose of my high beams to thank them for their social selfishness. Fuckers. They ain't worth shootin' on a cold night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #14 January 9, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuotePSA folks... ? http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=PSA+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=e8d6ef47431c6a4a yeah, ?? Public Service Announcement'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbh186 0 #15 January 9, 2010 Since I've gotten my car, I may have been highbeamed by other drivers a handful of times max. Although the are bright a hell, the technology Lexus (and BMW, Acura, etc) engineers but into the lighting makes them bearable to opposing drivers. The obnoxious ones are those cheap ass 20.00 bulbs jackasses stick on their Hondas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pontiacgtp00 0 #16 January 9, 2010 Quote The obnoxious ones are those cheap ass 20.00 bulbs jackasses stick on their Hondas. No those suck and aren't bright in the slightest. You are thinking of aftermarket HID's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #17 January 9, 2010 Quote Quote But, once you've driven with them, you'll realize how much you weren't seeing at night. I haven't used my high beams in 4 years . That's because your new low beams are brighter than everyone else's high beams. And/or out of adjustment.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #18 January 9, 2010 QuoteSince I've gotten my car, I may have been highbeamed by other drivers a handful of times max. Although the are bright a hell, the technology Lexus (and BMW, Acura, etc) engineers but into the lighting makes them bearable to opposing drivers. Not so fast. I did a scientific study of all the people who drove opposite you at night since you got your car. 87% of them said they'd love to know where you park your car overnight. Oh - and I asked them why most of them didn't highbeam you, since obviously you're basing your "bearability" presumption on that. They responded that they were so filled with rage that they had trouble finding the switch in time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,006 #19 January 9, 2010 >Anyhow, I hate those extra-bright, silver-light headlights . . . There was an article I saw a while back about a driver complaining about the new headlights, how the old headlights had sort of a friendlier glow, but the new-technology headlights were blinding. People were going to be killed! he said. The article was written in 1920 by someone condemning incandescent lamps, which were replacing carbide and oil lamps of the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #20 January 9, 2010 I like the 100 watt bulbs in my bike. If I hit the high beams you know it for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #21 January 10, 2010 QuoteI like the 100 watt bulbs in my bike. If I hit the high beams you know it for sure. I REALLY need to work on the lighting for my bike. I never ride at night because I just can't see more than about 30 feet or so in front of me and there are just too many deer/critters out where I live to have that short a distance unveiled in front of me. It's been on the to do list for more than a year. Must. Get. To. It!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #22 January 10, 2010 Quote The other side. I drive an 01 ford F-150, stock headlights. Had a guy tonight turn on his left signal, brake, then right, brake, speed up, break. I got the message. I flashed high beams & HE got the message. Yes, some are over kill, blind them back is all I can offer. But you need to be careful. Back about '77 a friend said that he had found a solution to the problem. No one ever accused this guy of being subtle. One night on a 2 lane road with a ditch on each side, the oncomming car wouldn't dim their lights. So my friend picks up his 2,000,000 candle power Q-Beam Spotlight from the seat beside him and shined it into the oncomming headlights. Just as he was going by the other car, who was heading into the ditch,he saw the Jacksonville Police paintwork on the door. No, he didn't stop or even slow down. He took the spotlight out of his car and mentioned that he probably should not have a gun in his car either.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #23 January 10, 2010 Quote I like the 100 watt bulbs in my bike. If I hit the high beams you know it for sure. I currently have 120/90s on mine, had to put in an extra relay to cope with themYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #24 January 10, 2010 QuotePeople were going to be killed! They are, when I get my hands around their gullets for blinding me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xtravrtsoul 0 #25 January 10, 2010 Thats why I have a truck. lol. But yeah the ones in the BMW's that turn with the car and blind you if you are at the same angle. UGHYou create life, life does not create you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
