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Frankjc3rd t1_j0gvbm3 wrote

That is the downside of well lit streets. People can see but they don't realize they don't have their headlights on.👤💡

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buddykat t1_j0gy40a wrote

They forget (or don't know) that having their headlights on isn't necessarily so they can see, it's so other people can see them!

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No_Marionberry4370 t1_j0gzzjm wrote

I pulled put of a gas station and got stopped 1 block away because the cop saw me without headlights. But i realized that I see this mtiple times a day in my town.

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EchoWhiskey1 t1_j0i4pkg wrote

Happened to me once, 30 years ago. In my defense, I had driven for an hour at night, came into town and did not notice I lost my lights until leaving town. Still 30 minute from home after midnight. After checking, I lost all electrical in the car. Alternator died and I drained the battery. Once the car was off, it was off. Luckily I stopped at a gas station with a payphone. Got a pickup and went back next day. Jumped the car drove it to a friend's auto garage to get a rebuilt alternator.

After that, I normally consider lights out at night an oops or an emergency. But some are just pricks.

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SendAstronomy t1_j0iduzq wrote

I've definitely made it to the end of my block without headlights in my old car with the white backplate gauges. When I went out of streetlight coverage I suddenly realized I couldn't see shit.

My current car has dark gauges that need to be lit in order to see anything, so I can't make that mistake again.

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