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Galadrond t1_iuz758q wrote

Honest to god there needs to be a legal limit to how bright headlights can be.

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Dead_Squirrel_6 t1_iv06hti wrote

Or a law against having high beams on in someone's vision

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RCIntl t1_iv0c5qf wrote

I don't know what the rules on them are, but where I live here in WNY, most of the people are polite enough to dim them when we are driving close behind or facing another car. But we have a very large and active wild animal population and the only way you can see them in enough time to safely brake or dodge them, is to have the extra feet of visibility that high beams give you. I drive to work in the dark. I spend a lot of my time flipping them on and off. My car is small and some if these deer here are HUGE.

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sfromo19 t1_iv1w1bv wrote

There is, at least in NY. 500 feet is the limit.

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wholeWheatButterfly t1_iv0hvgy wrote

I think there are regulations, but most manufacturers break them because it's what sells more, and it's difficult to enforce. Too lazy to find sources but I'm pretty sure I read something to that effect the last time I was buying new lights.

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