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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

Taxpayers should be more demanding of some pubic servants (like politicians, even judges in some cases/countries).
Maybe bring that French democracy device on the next electrons.

Just ban high-positioned lights (or high vehicles in general), have them mandatory tested every year for alignment, fine folk with incorrect use of high-~~beans~~beams or fog lights. And, you know, something about guns.

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

pubic servants

Need me one of those amiright?

[-] heleos@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I always find it funny when somebody with blinding headlights is driving towards me and I flash them, only for there to be some barely discernible change in their lights that I soon realize was them flashing me back

not that I could fucking tell a difference

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Fog lights and high beams were independent on all cars I've driven, is that not the case in the US?

[-] Railing5132@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nope; factory-installed fog lights turn off with activation of the high beams in the US. Note that we can buy self-installed aftermarket fog lights and drill holes into the dash for the switch, but even then (in the jurisdictions I've lived in) you were supposed to turn them off when using high beams. But nobody does.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I want a car that has a rear windscreen that can turn into a mirror at the push of a button. Really useful for dealing with men with tiny dicks who drive giant trucks

[-] TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Just use your rear view mirror. Point it directly backwards and there should still be enough light to annoy the hell out of them. I do it regularly on my morning commute and it is very effective.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

I want a car that has a rear windscreen

Me too, I've given this a lot of thought. I think you'd need a small computer, a camera and essentially a gimbal to move a mirror. It wouldn't be hard to infer where the drivers eyes are based on how high up the headlights originated, you could even just do a figure eight around where you think the eyes would be.

The real problem is, if they hit you, and the cops look at what you have there, you'll likely be found at fault.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago
[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago
[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I’ve wanted a polite version with thank you and stuff on it but apparently they don’t want any lighting that isn’t described in the drivers manual, essentially.

So new idea: circular laminated paper driven by a motor. Or that individual one flap per letter design.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

My dad had a college friend who did this back in the 70s, using all electromechanical components. Relays and solenoids and so forth. Hey, they were engineering students, what do you expect? From what he described it didn't use a drum to display the messages, but rather had an array of six or seven of them that popped up from below, like bread from a toaster. It fit on the platform between the back seat and rear window of his car.

As the story was recounted to me, he did get hassled by the cops for this at one point due to flipping up one of the more expletive laden signboards at an unmarked patrol car. Ultimately they couldn't find anything to nail him for over it, though.

Meanwhile, my brother in law keeps one of these in the door pocket in his truck:

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

American problems require American solutions

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months 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

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 DRLs there and have the beams at the bottom.

https://www.hyundai-forums.com/attachments/1564158285330-png.440196/

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months 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.

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months 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.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

It's the brightness primarily, but yes made worse by the height

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

That's how I do.

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

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, driving slow is my solution for just a out anything that someone is doing stupidly on the road. Am I doing it to be petty? Sure. But is it also making the situation safer? Absolutely. So if I can justify my pettiness, you bet I'm going to do it.

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