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Finnn_the_human t1_j448r0v wrote

Reply to comment by McGrupp1979 in High beaming by ResponsibleExcuse727

I'm not sure there's a problem with high beams on the Interstate if there aren't cars around you for a couple hundred yards...

Don't understand the downvotes. I'm speaking the truth. You can't react quick enough at speeds over 60mph with only low beams on, it's literally physically impossible.

However, I rarely use high beams up in Vermont because the traffic is so much more than I remember growing up. It's on/off/on/off every 5 seconds.

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McGrupp1979 t1_j451501 wrote

My personal policy is if I can see someone else’s lights then I’m switching to low beams. I rarely find myself in a situation like you describe, a straight stretch of road with a couple hundred yards between the vehicle in front of me.

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Finnn_the_human t1_j4810de wrote

Proper education is needed on high beam usage. You simply cannot see far enough at ~60mph with low beams. It's physically impossible at those speeds to react quick enough.

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McGrupp1979 t1_j48en2k wrote

Are you seriously suggesting the “proper” thing to do when driving 60 mph or above is have your lights set to a 5 second intervals rotation from high beam to low beam because the human body’s vision cannot react at that speed with low beams?

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Finnn_the_human t1_j49ldc2 wrote

Wtf lmao no...I'm talking about the amount of cars you need to turn them off for. It was an exaggeration

Also, in talking about northern Vermont. It Syed to be way less populated. But just the other day, the roads were ice, and some idiot blew by me in the interstate to go flying off the road just ahead of me. Literally pulled over and had to tell them when they got out to not be driving that fast in those conditions...they were chill, just said "thank you brother" and left lol. But there's a ton of people up there now and they don't have any idea how to drive in Vermont...

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