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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  … but this has got to be a failure of state (legislature & enforcement) on both counts, right?

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• wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  One of the many problems with these massive pickup trucks is that the headlights are so high up that the normal mode is effectively high-beams for anyone who isn’t also in a massive pickup truck

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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The headlights should be pointed at a downward slope on all vehicles. If they aren’t tailgating it’s usually not a problem. Sadly most do tailgate and some even flatten the beam of the lights or they raised the truck and didn’t readjust the headlights which is effectively similar. I drive a Miata, it’s usually not glaring until they’re right up on you at a light.

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    Random side note, the outside “C” shaped lights(different shapes on different vehicles) in this pic. Those are the DRL(daytime running light) and for anybody that doesn’t know…those are only on the front of the vehicle. I see so many people zooming around with no taillights because of this. They pull up at stops and see lights reflecting off the car in front and just assume their headlights are on. These are sometimes the same people that complain their new cars headlights suck…cause they have yet to turn them on.

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    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I often think about putting an unreasonably bright backwards facing lightbar on my sedan for just such occasions. Guess what bud, now we both can’t see.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Lol, that all sounds correct unfortunately.

      The cars with headlights that I find glaring are usually/more often low-beams.
      Or fog lamps bcs “iT mAKeS It lOoK sPorTIeR”.

      Interestingly I can code my DRLs (front and back - diffident markets have different rules regarding what DRLs are & when are needed) to different levels & at default they are at 20 or 30% (the 100% being when used with regular headlights on, probably).

      I tried it bcs I was curious, but was def distracting & I reset them immediately (I didn’t even do both sides, just the right one to have a comparison).

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At least for SUVs some manufacturers finally realized that you don’t need to put the beams at the top of the front, you can have the DLRs there and have the beams at the bottom.

    hyundai-forums.com/…/1564158285330-png.440196/

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Maybe it’s also bcs it’s a global model & some markets do have prescribed a max & a min height of a headlight from the ground (I heard even UK had or has that).

      It’s also why trucks in EU have regular headlamps closer to the ground compared to those in USA.

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s the only redeeming quality of the Cybertruck. Its headlights are low in the bumper area.

      Also it makes it easy to identify wannabe fascists.

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    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is a really good idea, and I’m glad some manufacturers are doing it. It’d be great if Ford could follow suit because the LED high beams in my car blind me every time a retro-reflector is nearby.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sometimes I wonder if people know how lights work, and this goes both ways apparently. I have a couple Western Stars and a Peterbilt, and the low beams are aimed to have the same throw as a passenger vehicle that isn’t driven by an idiot that can’t aim lights. And those trucks sit much, much higher than a pickup.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I always wanted a programmable sign that could display messages to asshats behind me

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    • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• heleos@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Unfortunately those are low beams because the fog lights are on. You probably don’t want to see the high beams

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  • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    New trucks only have high beams and higher beams.

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• aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sick high-beams, bro. I’m going to slow down to 20 MPH so I can enjoy them longer.

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  • IndridCold@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    That’s how I do.

    If you blind me with super high beams, I need to slow down to be safe.

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    • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      and unfortunately that’s how road rage starts, speaking from experience.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  hmm… What would the legality of 3D printing fake machine guns that pop out of the brake lights like a James Bond vehicle; as a scare tactic? 🤔

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Depends on how brown you are

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      (The guns don’t need to be fake for this meme to still work correctly.)

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Depending on the country. Could be listed as threats or terroristic threats, even if the guns are fake.

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    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The mirror will still get you fucked for creating hazards I bet, but if it only works when the hazard already exists, morally youre in the clear.

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    • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And likely illegal, but that will also make things very interesting for you for a bit

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Self defense is predicated on the “reasonable person” standard. Anyone finding themselves (or another) imperiled by what they reasonably believe to be a machine gun is justified in doing anything they reasonably believe necessary to end the threat.

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• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A good focusing flashlight directed into the side mirror has been pretty helpful for getting these idiots to move on

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  • Chozo@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I used to be really good at reflecting with the rear-view. As long as they were far enough away that I could see their windshield, I could usually land a direct hit. I've had a few instances where I'll see the sombitch slam on their brakes.

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• fascicle@leminal.space ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is the mirror all broken?

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