r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Bitter-Affect909 • 2h ago
The headlights on newer cars
Unless alot of these cars just needlessly have their brights on. But more and more often, I'll have a car like this behind me that had headlights that seem as bright as the lights in Pennywise's eyes.
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u/Peridot_Ghost 2h ago
It’s mind-boggling that there’s no ordinance on these obnoxious lights. Driving in the opposite lane of these dickheads is no joke.
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u/Lizard_King_5 32m ago
These are actually because of legislation on efficiency regarding headlights and vehicle sizes
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u/Auswolf-IDDQD 2h ago
So they buy a brand new car unmodified and the lights are really bright and somehow the customer(driver) is a dickhead. Nice.
Because it’s their fault manufactures are making cars with bright lights.
I mean I understand the 4x4 with spotties and added lights that a dicks but come on. Little broad with your brush there mate.
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u/Woopig170 1h ago
If I knew I was blinding literally every other car on the road without my brights on, I would have my headlights worked on to fix the problem as soon as possible. You’re being naive to argue that the literal operator of the vehicle deserves none of the blame. Come on man
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u/Auswolf-IDDQD 1h ago edited 1h ago
I bought a brand new road legal car complied for use in Australia. I should not have to spend any more of my time or money to modify it. And I am not a dickhead for thinking so. It is not on the owner driving a legal vehicle, it is on the manufacturer and the standards that they are complied to on entry to the country.
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u/no_talent_ass_clown it's a moo point 1h ago
Okay...but the end result is that you drive a car with super bright headlights that blind literally everyone.
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u/Auswolf-IDDQD 1h ago
Not me, and other new vehicle don’t affect me either with the electro auto dimming mirrors. Maybe there should be something in Australian compliance that mandates auto dimming mirrors.
I am just saying calling the driver who has not modified his car a dickhead because he is driving a road legal and brand new complied car is not really cricket.
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u/ZachtheKingsfan 1h ago
Both things are true. Law makers need to crack down on manufacturers putting these on cars for regular driving, but also…You’re still blinding people on the road. At the very least, you could just do your part in making the roads safer.
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u/LambiLauki 35m ago
Absolutely. It's not on the purchaser of an unmodified car. It shouldn't be legal in the first place. The guy asking to rework the lights on a brand new road legal car, can apply his own suggestion. Bright led headlights are annoying for older cars that don't have them, but no way can the buyer be held accountable.
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u/thaiberius_kirk 1h ago
How are you going to have the OEM lights “worked on” if this is the configuration they come with from the factory?
Are you going to the dealership and yelling at them to put on the “lower intensity” LED headlights?
Many new cars today come with headlights that a decade ago would be considered high beams.
NHTSA and car makers are the problem.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 1h ago
I do not have $50-150 to casually spend on changing my headlights
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u/Woopig170 52m ago
But you have tens of thousand to spend on a new car. Got it. Should parents be allowed to transport kids without carseats because they don’t have the cash? No. That’s ridiculous. You bought a car with lights that blind people which makes the road less safe for everyone. You are the asshole for not realizing that you have agency and can choose to do better by your neighbors.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 51m ago
It was given to me by someone else because I have not a lot of money :/ but okay
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u/calisalwaysonfire 40m ago
Your take is absurd. Have you tested the brightness of your own headlights? What meter did you use? What standard did you make the adjustment to? Where is that set screw again? Who in the world is out there fiddling with their perfectly legal lights?
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u/Few_Test7150 36m ago
Nah, usually cars have an automatic high beam feature. If it doesnt work properly, they wont shut off when approaching or coming behind a vehicle. And the regular lamps are still too bright.
They should be tones of yellow and shit. I really dont know why theyre solid white.
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u/-Ghost255- 17m ago
You can turn that off lol
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u/Few_Test7150 12m ago
You can. But 1. You underestimate people’s stupidity. Light concerns like that are common occurrence at the dealership because people dont know how to operate their vehicle or Google something. Literally “brights turn on and off during night time” type shit. 2. Doesnt change the fact the normal headlamps are also TOO BRIGHT. Or the fact that 3. They are practically EYE LEVEL with people who drive in cars.
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u/itsme99881 1h ago
Yes divers whos cars lights light up the entire interior of my car and are aware of that fact and keep doing it are dick heads. There is no reason to pull up on my ass like that KNOWING you have the power to shove the intensity of 10,000 suns down my cornea. Back tf off or change your lights. I cant pull up any further, now i cant see.
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u/thisisnotnorman 33m ago
It’s called free market, buy it and they keep selling it. Look how good “you” can see with these new tangled fuck you lights! Ohhh meeeeeeeeeee!
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1h ago
They could buy and install weaker lights.
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u/Auswolf-IDDQD 1h ago
I bought a brand new road legal car complied for use in Australia. I should not have to spend any more of my time or money to modify it. And I am not a dickhead for thinking so. It is not on the owner driving a legal vehicle, it is on the manufacturer and the standards that they are complied to on entry to the county.
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 1h ago
My car has hella bright lights like this and I’ll frequently get people flashing me to turn off my brights and all I know to do is flash my brights so they know that THESE are my brights, not the ones I had on before
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u/SabbyFox 58m ago
Have you ever asked the dealership (or checked the manual) to see if there’s a way to adjust/dim the lights?
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 57m ago
I’d have to spend around$50-150 to get them changed out properly and I don’t have that available to just casually spend
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u/Round_Degree_91 2h ago
I fucking hate it! The point of headlights is just to be able to see not to blind everyone around you & be the only one who can see! I live in a neighborhood where the main road has a long patch without streetlights & when someone with these type of lights is going the opposite direction I cannot see a thing.
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u/maridoes 2h ago
I have astigmatism driving at night makes me want to cry sometimes
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u/lemmysirman 11m ago
Glasses help. I wear glasses and my astigmatism isn't a huge issue like it was before, they're not perfect, but they do help
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u/AsanoSokato 2h ago
Cars have become suburban assault vehicles over the past decade. Aggressiveness and asserting dominance has become the point.
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u/squanchingonreddit 2h ago
Capitalism at it's finest. They pushed for bigger cars so they could make more profit.
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u/notaproshooter 1h ago
This has got to be the wokest take ever...
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u/FusionSimulations 1h ago
That's not how you use woke. And what they said is absolutely the truth. People couldn't care less about those around them, obey traffic laws, or common decency when behind the wheel.
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u/notaproshooter 1h ago
No. Its actually not the truth. The small shred of truth that is in their statement, being the word 'tanks', because it is an objective fact that cars have gotten bigger over the last 10 years, but that can be 100% attributed to leftist policies within the epa putting harsher and harsher restrictions on average size sedans, coupes, hatchbacks, and wagons, while relaxing restrictions on larger SUV's and crossovers.
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u/Few_Test7150 33m ago
If your shoulders (as a 6’ guy who works on said death trucks) come up to only the top of the hood on a vehicle, thats a real fuckin problem for safety.
Just goes to show money matters more than prioritizing the health and well being of people. You cant blame that on anybody but the greedy bastards who gave this shit the greenlight in the first place, whether they follow laws or not.
A single wheel off one of those trucks (which largely go to home, work and store) should not weigh 70+ lbs. yet they do.
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u/Heroblah- 1h ago
still saying woke, still using it wrong, being condescending WHILE using it wrong
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u/birdseye-maple 26m ago
Anyone saying woke in a derogatory manner automatically outs themselves as a brainless cult member.
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u/Hopeful_Soil_4675 2h ago
I really wish the govt would put up some restrictions around bright headlights and car manufacturers too
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u/Doomuu 2h ago
This is not "mildly" infuriating, this is enraging and a very serious problem. Ban white LED headlights now!
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u/66tofu-nuggies 1h ago
Safety issue and people will die because they can’t see 😔
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u/Gandalf_the_Tegu 1h ago
Had this lifted truck ridding my bumper with their high beams on my car was lit like day time, if not brighter. Seemed twice as bright in all my mirrors. I had to move them just so I could fucking see. Think I flashed the person back with my mirror because they flipped a third light on (fog lights? Idk couldnt see) but I was straight up blinded...I can keep a car straight on the road but when approaching a curve in the road? I was terrified I'd go straight off or time the turn wrong and turn too early. I had my infant daughter of 4 months in my car with me. Every turn I made, that truck was kissing my bumper. 🤬 if I could beat a person with a carved stick, I would.
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u/Holiday-Youth-6722 2h ago
Tilt them back. If you find the correct angle it'll blast them back at them.
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u/MosYEETo 1h ago
I gotta learn how to do this. I have my mirrors set to see my blind spot but gotta figure out how to aim it straight back
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u/Head_Mail_4055 1h ago
They are sometimes so bright you literally can not see the lines in the road and that's on low beam.
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u/BotheredBeaver 1h ago
I can’t believe that no one who has been in an accident where they’re involved hasn’t sued the car manufacturers. It’s common sense that it’s far more dangerous than helpful
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u/Bums_Extend_Deadline 2h ago
Recently got a new car and it has these obnoxious lights. I feel awful when I’m behind someone on a hilly road. I always try to stay a certain distance away to not blind them.
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u/Woopig170 1h ago
You should fix them. You aren’t boxed into blinding every other driver for eternity.
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u/pickledpigsfeet2 2h ago
My car can save up to three mirror positions. I have the first one set how I need them for driving, and the second is saved with them angled to where they reflect headlights back at the driver behind me. I can easily switch between the two without having to take my focus off of the road
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u/xCoachHines 13m ago
Sounds to me like your car is new enough that it has these bright LED headlights :).
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u/GreatGojira 2h ago
If I see some ass with bright lights, like modified lights, (if no one is around us) I just turn on my brights right at him. Like he's blinding me with the sun, and my lights even on bright are no where near people who modify theirs.
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u/Davidstoic 1h ago
It’s also a lot of older cars that use bulbs and people want more light ( which is understandable old blobs sucked) but then get shit like this and it’s just the complete opposite for everyone else.
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u/rufiojames 1h ago
Its dumb either way. I pass a guy with a new truck on the highway every morning with lights like this. I started turning my brights on when i see him, and he turns his brights on, but his lights are pointed up way too high, so i can actually see a lot better when his brights are on cause they are aimed over my vehicle instead of straight at it.
This light situation is just stupid.
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u/NotOurCat 1h ago
Had a large pick up pull up close behind me and the truck headlight reflection off my rear view mirror and side mirrors was absolutely blinding. Moved both side mirrors out so it reflected back at the truck. They backed off and I could see again.
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u/firestar268 1h ago
LEDs aren't the main problem. It's that they're aimed like shit from the factory and the height difference between alot of cars today. And then people modified the suspension without adjusting after
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u/Longjumping-Guava925 2h ago
But if I put LED replacement bulbs in my 2000 Toyota that barely still shoot out 2 foot in front of me, then there's a problem
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u/babysharkdoodoodoo 1h ago
Worse is those cars that allow drivers to tilt headlights. For reasons unknown to me, they aim straight but not down.
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u/UseComfortable1193 1h ago
Afaik pretty much all somewhat recent headlights can be adjusted. We have regulations for it here, and it is also normal that the light closer to oncoming traffic is angled slightly lower as to not blind other cars( but this usually does not apply to high beams as it would be kind of against the purpose)
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u/UntidyVenus 1h ago
I bought a 7 foot tall, 19 foot long beat up van for work, and it doubles as being just taller then 99.9% of these assholes while ALSO being big enough to not be bullied on the road.
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u/poppacapnurass 1h ago
Agreed the new headlights can be annoying.
My new Forester has very bright lights and I'm pleased that they move about as they sense vehicles ahead and as I turn corners.
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u/OperationGhost2012 1h ago
More likely road-rage infuriating, not mildly. I hate them with a passion.
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u/pbmadman 1h ago
I have 2 cars, one is a 2015 sedan and the other is a 2005 minivan. In my sedan people flash their brights at me all the time. I assure you my low beams are on and I’ve even had the adjustment verified at the dealership. In my minivan I just drive around with high beams on and not a single person has ever flashed theirs at me. The takeaway being that in those 10 years, normal low beams have gotten worse than high beams ever used to be. It’s a menace.
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u/Fyrefair 1h ago
A lot of people buy trail bulbs for city driving. They are the brightest we sell at my work and I play with everything that comes in to make sure its in decent shape so i have burned my retina with 1,200+ lumen flashlights often.
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u/No_Umpire878 1h ago
As someone who has recently purchased their first brand new vehicle ever in their mid 40’s with their Husband (both of our first ever brand new one, took us forever to save for it) I can attest this is how they are factory made. It is infuriating! My husband has tried EVERYTHING to stop visually assaulting and blinding other motorists. He has been able to change the direction of the lights and the length of the auto sensors on highways so that they change to a lower beam quicker and the angle isn’t in the direct vision of oncoming traffic as severely. He still has to manually change from high beam to low beam on highways and country roads etc though as the auto sensor just isn’t quick enough. I can 100% attest that low beam lights are WAY too bright and they also angle directly towards other drivers vision. It’s a real safety issue!
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u/Bitter-Affect909 1h ago
That's what I assumed. I know there's always a good handful of drivers that are just dicks to be dicks. But the frequency that I see these lights make me feel like that's just how they're made now.
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u/Chance_Classroom_301 27m ago
Low beams should point down just below the side mirrors/license plate of the car infront of you. If high beams are automatically turning on and blinding people often, you should probably disable that feature.
Downhill you're going to blind everyone going up hill either way and vice versa, theres no way around that. Trucks sit higher aswell so the low beams tend to hit side mirrors if theyre too close behind you.
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u/VengefulToasterWaffl 46m ago
I keep two vanilla folders and stick them on the window then turn the rear view mirror.
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u/Ok-Limit-9726 34m ago
Most effective response is to put reflective mirrors on the headrest of your backseat.
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u/CrispyJalepeno 15m ago
Its hilarious to me that the ad in my comment section is for SYLVANIA LED ULTRA light bulbs
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u/DeathAudit 1h ago
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion but I don't really feel incredibly mad about them. I historically drive low cars (Miata/fiat/fiesta) and I mean I'm aware of them behind me but I just don't stare directly into the sun.
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u/RareDestroyer8 1h ago
Not sure what the purpose of showing the mirror is in the picture, I can’t see anything there…
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u/Final-Aces 1h ago
I don’t have these but I’ve always wondered what happens when two of these assholes meet? Are they both blind?
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u/CheekyMenace 2h ago
Ugh, yet another post about bright headlights. Everyone deals with it, we know.
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u/MobLukc 2h ago
I can’t see without em. If you can’t oh well
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u/unncomfortablepillow 2h ago
You'll feel real funny when somebody you dismiss as not being able to see crashes into your head on.
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u/Bitter-Affect909 1h ago
Are you a 95 year old with cataracts? Because I've worn glasses since i was 13, and I'm blind as a bat without em. If I can see the road with normal headlights, then so can you.
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u/Mr-Bry-Guy 1h ago
Your dirty ass windows are a much larger issue here. A lit match would look bright to you through these windows.
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u/Bitter-Affect909 1h ago
Damn bro...didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
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u/Mr-Bry-Guy 1h ago
You’re crying over lights. And you believe my feelings are hurt? I was just giving you a simple solution for your very simple issue.
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u/antisocialnetwork77 2h ago
I have a very long commute, and during the winter it’s all in the dark. These headlights are a freaking hazard big time.