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Automobile Enthusiasts

Wonder Why

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11. Only if you saw the car with the million candlepower searchlight on the front bumper. It blocks my view

Reply to usonian (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:11 PM

Dec 2024

of the road but who cares? Those other people are so blinded by the thought of an alien spaceship coming straight at them that they run into the ditch before I go by.

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Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars [View all] usonian Dec 2024 OP

"Yes, they are blindingly bright..." dchill Dec 2024 #1

The reason I can no longer drive in town after dark. sinkingfeeling Dec 2024 #2

I hate them. jimfields33 Dec 2024 #15

Yes! Especially if the oncoming vehicle is big like a pickup truck or big SUV Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #3

It used to be, headlights had to be adjusted so the driver's-side pointed down and in . . . Journeyman Dec 2024 #4

I thought this was going to be a music video. House of Roberts Dec 2024 #5

I heartily dislike light pollution in any form! biophile Dec 2024 #6

Dude I cannot drive at night on winding mountain roads at all done FirstLight Dec 2024 #7

Foothills. Twisty 2 lane "major thoroughfare" Hwy 49 usonian Dec 2024 #9

Doesn't bother me. I just close my eyes and gun the motor. Wonder Why Dec 2024 #8

I think I saw you the other night. usonian Dec 2024 #10

Only if you saw the car with the million candlepower searchlight on the front bumper. It blocks my view Wonder Why Dec 2024 #11

This? usonian Dec 2024 #16

pizza guys used to have them. mopinko Dec 2024 #17

I think some people get these sorts of super bright headlights just to spite people that piss them off for some SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #12

Some people crave the brightness to make up for their lack of usonian Dec 2024 #13

Yes, that too... SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #14

My eyes get tired at night. I find a safe place Emile Dec 16 #18

Stay safe! usonian Dec 16 #19