Bright Lights On At Night

You are lucky!

I'm talking about on a straight highway so the adjustment theory is thrown out. The new bulbs are a lot brighter and that makes the situation much worse and unsafe when you have an idiot driving that refuses to dim.

@DocAndersen Just since I put this discussion up I get one behind me coming home yesterday. There are a lot of idiots in the world. I slowed down so this one could pass me and get away from me. It was pouring rain too.

@kareng it does and yes a straight highway shouldn't then have high beams on that can be dangerous.

Most people should and these people do deserve a ticket but law enforcement has cut back on stopping vehicles for such things due to Covid around here. Also, these country highways are not patrolled much at all.

@DaddyEvil Ah you are in the same boat as my hubby was a couple of weeks ago!! I bet yours isn't expired for long though, right? Mine is due this month. We need to get that taken care of next week, my oil needs changing and it needs to go to the shop for some warranty work and also a recall. Happy one year old, car; here is a recall!

@kareng Most of the time, if you meet someone with their brights on here it's because you've just come around a large curve in the highway and the other people didn't see you until you popped around the corner... then they hurriedly dim their lights. Yes, the police are ignoring their duty here, too... unless they just feel like harassing someone. Pretty and I went to a new doctor's office in Springfield a few months ago. I was following the speed limit and not doing anything wrong when an officer pulled me over. My plates had expired. When I told him I hadn't gotten a renewal notice, he told me the DMV was way behind in sending the renewal notices out so he'd just "warn" me about the tags being expired. When I told that story at the DMV, they told me cops were told to leave motorists alone if the tags were expired and they weren't doing anything wrong. That one was bored or just felt like being an a-hole...

It sure seems like it is a new craze around this part of the country.

@kareng that is so blinding to the eyes

@rakski It is very blinding!!

Lucky duck!! It's so inconsiderate!!

@moffittjc I haven't noticed that but some jack up all the way around and also lower all the way around. Seems like jacking up the front would make it hard to see out of it!!

@kareng Do you have issues with people jacking up the front of their truck and then lowering the back end of their truck? It seems every redneck here in Florida does that to their truck.

But when you dim to ask nicely for them to dim, they ignore you so if not paying attention that should wake them up!!

@CarolDM Just so many inconsiderate people these days, SMH!!

@kareng I know exactly what you mean.

That is good to hear. Stay safe!

@m_audrey6788 You are welcome!!

@kareng Thank you

It is very difficult and dangerous too!

That's okay :)

@wolfgirl569 I do the same. Or slow so much they pass me.

So it is not a southern thing. Yes, we have those idiots also. Thank goodness you can adjust mirror for night driving in that case, but you are blinded by the a - holes coming at you!!

@kareng Nope, it is everywhere sadly. I flick the mirror up and down when they get close with brights on. Makes the light flash them.

I agree!

Me too and this just makes it worse! It must be a "southern thing."

@HazySue And we will really never know.

@kareng It could be but I suspect that it is a whole country thing.

That was my initial reaction but of course I got lectured from the ex-law enforcement hubby. I only do it now when I have really had enough of the lights and really fed up.

They are and that just makes the situation worse and more harmful.

Yes, responsible people do.