Those super bright headlights... they should be banned, right?

They have their lights out of adjustment...Park 10' from a concrete building and set your lights to the third concrete block on low beam...make sure they are not pointing right or left as well...

ha ha halogen


no you arent alone its anyone with sensitive eyesight. i know your struggle OP. get used to it. headlights technology is pretty advanced now. so powerful it can light up the inside of your retinae. just wear sunglasses at night.

I think you mean the difference between halogen and incandescent headlights, yes?

they arebt going to make halogen illegal because the safety benefits outweigh the consequence of... opposing traffic being blinded.

kind of funny. its economics at work.

you can blame the lawyers for those super bright halogen bulbs.

The blue hued ones should be banned because they reduce (kill, really) night vision when they shine into the eyes of drivers of cars being met on the road. (dangerous)

Only red hued ones should be allowed.



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they should ban the PT cruiser. that thing is UGLY. but oh well... its still legal.

see what i mean? once you start banning things everything becomes illegal... so having a few things you dont like that arent illegal- its a sign of freedom and liberty.

america.

Everybody is unique, I prefer the blueish ones. Just like I prefer mercury-vapor streetlights over sodium-vapor.

oh just realized though if you live in the city... some "species" of humans like to drive with their hi beams cos they think its baller status.... folks who cant actually afford quality bulbs.. the people who annoy you....

Yes, halogens are unnecessarily bright. Not just you...

What do you mean by that?
Do you prefer blueish light shining into your eyes from another car, or do you prefer your own car equipped blueish lights?

I agree, OP. I have to look down and to the right side of the road when someone with those comes at me at night. I hate them.

After years of driving a beater with the old headlights, I recently bought a newer car and it has not halogen but something called Xenon headlights which are very bright white light. I don't like them but don't think they can be changed. Another weird aspect of them is that that there's a sharp line between what's lit up (in front of me) and what isn't. Unlike normal lights that kind of fade out around the distance, these create a sharp line of demarcation between where the lights shine and where they don't (just above, if that makes sense). The car manual warns they can blind an oncoming driver. WTF? Why even have them?

Well, from what's said in this article it looks like halogen are NOT the blinding type (they cast a yellow hued light) but the kind I have (Xenon) ARE:

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The old style of headlights are called sealed-beam incandescent lights. I don't think they can be put in newer cars.

Halogen. Halogen is a type of light that can carry data. That means, you can be programmed by looking at it. Halogen lights are another under the radar problem that no one wants to address.

The LED ones out of adjustment cane be dangerous.

Whatever type of headlamp is in a Jeep is a total pain in the ass.

Wrong a little right. And trucks and such are taller than cars.

more glare and such.

Put some in my ram 2500. Unbelievably bright. It's lifted too so it's probably blinding all incoming traffic.

Why is everything in the US broken?

Everywhere else in the world, headlamp beams are adjusted to point to a certain distance.
Higher mounted truck lights point down more, not blinding oncoming drivers.

Xenon lights are very common in Europe.
We have to have self levelling lamps to limit the chance of blinding other drivers.

its because of the lawyers

I am not sure (US-posters please correct) but afaik in most states of the US there is no mandatory annual car check.

Which, at least here, includes checking headlights for the correct distance setting and enough or too much (aftermarket stuff) brightness.

Fix it or lose allowance (and insurance protection) to use car on public roads with a few weeks grace period.

Lots of idiots that retrofit with aftermarket LED bulbs, but dont make sure that the new light source is in a properly focused reflector and properly aimed to avoid blinding light above the legal height.

Instead of a single point light source at the focal point of the reflector, it is multiple LEDs that are in front of the focal point, causing the light to spread out all over the place, including your eyeballs.


They used to actually check headlight aim on safety inspections in the old days. Otherwise people would drive around with one headlight aimed at the moon.

idk man most headlight fixtures, if you can install em, you should know how to adjust em, so your theory doesnt really stand to reason.

of course, there will always be the oddball driver, the exception. but yeah, nah.

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As far a headlights go here in small town Texas, most guys have lifted trucks. Some headlights are at eye level. Police don't care but in the bigger cities they "may" make you disconnect the lights and mount them below the front bumper. But that's not easy to enforce as lifted trucks are becoming the norm. Even new car dealerships are selling the already lifted trucks with headlights 4-5 feet above the ground.

There's no annual check for headlight beam distance, they just check to make sure the bulbs aren't burnt out.

I fucking hate these new headlights.

In east Texas folk are so incompetent at even basic things like driving, they slap on six of those damned bright headlights so they don't crash on straight, level, dry highways.

Meanwhile in north California, people drive on very dangerous mountain roads with just regular headlights every single day.

its probaby one of the following reasons


you live in a rich area where everyone has halogen an xenon bulbs.

or you live where there are a lot of hills.


or you live near a lot of black people who drive with their hi beams on all night.

or you are light sensitive and need to get over it :)


or,


you are a UFO abductee and now your eyeballs are turning to jelly!

Simple solution is to lift your truck "above" the rest them. The highest wins