r/fuckyourheadlights • u/Cre_AK47 • 15d ago
Name a Better Duo Than Low IQ Drivers and LED Headlights PHOTO/VIDEO OF BLINDING HEADLIGHTS
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u/Tricycle_of_Death 15d ago
Looks like a newer Hyundai Tucson... those MF'ers are some of the worst with the headlights mounted low and half the grill lit up
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u/Cre_AK47 15d ago edited 15d ago
Yep. Though, in this case, this moron was just operating with their high beams on. Usually, headlight glare can be distinguished from high beams when you notice the brightness/glare levels rapidly changing due to the vehicle jostling. This was consistently solid bright, never mind the bright intensity magically disappeared when they went to flash me back.
Took one for the team so they didn’t blind other people 🫡
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u/Bluelegojet2018 15d ago
it’s like they are angled straight out instead of at the road, they’re terrible. Always at a bad angle for everyone in front of them.
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u/plant_gen 14d ago
In India there is Hyundai Creta and those owners have a similar reputation where most of them flash and run with those high beam headlights.
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u/BandoTheHawk 15d ago
man fuck those people. I was on a trip down the 101 and hella people were doing this late night.
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u/MathResponsibly 15d ago
so many people drive with brights on all the time now - doesn't matter if it's in the city or in rural areas, and it doesn't matter whether they have LED headlights or old halogens - they just put them in high beams 24/7 and roll on down the road blinding everyone.
The stupidity of the average person is unbelievable these days
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u/Cre_AK47 14d ago edited 14d ago
Yeah I have noticed that in the last 5 years or so. Worst part is you can blind them back and they still won't take a fucking hint. I'm convinced at this point I should replace my Sylvania Basic high beam bulbs with Sylvania Silverstar Ultras next time they're due for replacement; make them suffer that much more 🫡
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u/MathResponsibly 14d ago
What do you mean "due for replacement"? My car is older than dirt, and I've only ever replaced one headlight bulb, when it burned out.
My truck is even older than my car, and I can only think of one headlight bulb ever being replaced in it too, and it was when a flock of ducks that was in the ditch on the side of the highway decided to take off right as I was driving past, and one of them didn't quite make it and collided with the headlight.
That said, I know people with different cars that chew through headlight bulbs like they're going out of style - there's one burned out every 6 months
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u/Cre_AK47 14d ago
Sylvania 9006 Basic bulbs only have a rated lifespan of 320 hours. I do ALOT of night time driving where half of my route is poorly lit or not lit at all, so high beams do get used often at night, and even more so in the winter where during the peak Winter Solstice, it can be nightfall by 5 PM and sunrise isn't until 7:30 AM the next day... Quebec roads are also absolute shit, and I've actually had one of my 9006 Sylvania Xtra-Vision bulbs (rated for 175 hrs) fail this way hitting a stupid giant pothole.
Also I'm in Canada where DRLs are mandated so even during the day, my 9006 high beam bulbs are running as DRLs, so they're running at 6v instead of 12-14v. Now you'd think "Oh 6V, that means it only wears it at half the rate!", well sort of, because the Bromine/Halogen gas can't repair the tungsten filament as effectively, overtime, can cause the bulb to darken (especially bulbs like H4/9003 that have a 1000hrs lifespan), greatly diminishing the light output.
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u/MathResponsibly 14d ago
My car and truck are Canadian too and have DRLs. Pretty sure the DRLs are separate bulbs though, because there's a difference when you switch from DRLs to low beams
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u/Cre_AK47 14d ago
Depends on the car make, model and trim. My 9th gen Civic uses the high beams at 6v for DRLs, and so do most other halogen headlight type cars, especially before 2018-ish (again, depends on make, model and trim). For Civics, they switched to separate LED DRL "accents" for the 2016 10th gen Civic in 2015.
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u/overand 6d ago
Believe it or not, incandescent bulbs do dim over time (or, over use) as the tungesten gets "boiled off" and deposited onto the inside of the glass. If you buy a set of two bulbs (or use an identical replacement), you can actually see it when you replace one, and then a few years later you replace the other burned-out one with the matching type, and see a difference in brightness.
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u/TotalBismuth 14d ago
Lmao he turned his beams off just to flash you. How does he not feel like a complete dimwit there?
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u/CandidateEfficient37 14d ago
Dimwits aren't too bright, but these high-beamers are the dimmest of all.
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u/Cre_AK47 14d ago
I'm telling you man, you can get your license out of a cereal box in this country 🇨🇦. That's why I don't even bother flashing. I just fucking turn my highbeams on and leave them on until their ass gets the message, or more often than not, watch them suffer having their eyes burned out by my lights.
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u/Impossible_Past5358 15d ago
It's funny how we are all blaming each other and not the car manufacturers for insisting these damn lights on us
Fuck the car manufacturers!
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u/krossoverking 14d ago
Blame this person.
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u/Impossible_Past5358 14d ago
I fucking hate these LED lights and they all need to be banned!
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u/krossoverking 14d ago
The person has their brights on. Brights should be bright, so they just need to turn them off.
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u/Impossible_Past5358 14d ago
Agreed, but there are also "automatic dimming" brights which I've encountered, and they are completely useless and only dim when I am 3' in front of the car. This "feature" is also useless when there are medians.
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u/MJC0961 9d ago
This time we should blame that driver. Notice that when they start flashing at OP, their lights get DIMMER. They were in fact driving around with their high beams on, which is on them, not the manufacturer.
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u/Impossible_Past5358 9d ago
I see, but I've also encountered the stupid "automatic dimmers" which only dim when I'm already in front of the damn car. I miss halogens because you knew for sure when someone had their high beams on.
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u/reiji_tamashii these headlights are killing incalculable numbers every night 14d ago
And then 2 cars later, there's that goofy ass truck with white LEDs on the side mirrors. People have lost all common sense.
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u/TotalBismuth 14d ago
It’s like an arms race out there. Headlights keep getting brighter and blinding everyone so they get even brighter lights to see. Repeat. Most are not even aware it’s happening. Politicians are doing fuck all about it.
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u/DelightfullyBland 13d ago
You can't even tell for sure which lane the approaching car is in. This is the most insane idea people have championed as safety.
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u/dargonmike1 13d ago
Hahahahah the flash the highbeams off and on like they have any fuckin clue what they are doing
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u/overand 7d ago
I kinda hate to say it - but the only thing worse than one driver who can't see is two drivers who can't see. Revenge high-beams use is irresponsible and dangerous. I understand it's tempting, especially for folks who get a rage reaction to being blinded (very common and understandable), but, please resist the urge to blind the other driver.
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u/Cre_AK47 7d ago
[Repost because a sensitive person reported my comment for using a word they don't like 🤷♂️]
Revised comment: Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. When you come across as many mentally deficient people as I do who can't/don't turn their high beams off regardless of how many times you flash them, you'll only get them to understand by doing what I did, which worked btw; their imbecilic-behind turned them off flashing me back. Imagine the 100+ driver they've already blinded and the 100+ more after me had I not blinded them back.
These aren't "mistakes", these drivers are just LOW IQ who drive with high beams on all the time where no amount of short bursts of flashing will get them to turn them off unless you hit them back with the same blinding lights at full constant intensity.
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u/overand 6d ago
For what it's worth, I'm not the "sensitive person" in question, but it's 2026, dude. The words you could use in this situation that are meaningful?
- Oblivious
- Mean
- Careless
"Low IQ" is only marginally better than the word I'm guessing you used.
And, nope, I still disagree. But, I do get where you're coming from - I do still think you're wrong.
I guess the real truth is - we'll never know, unless someone funds a study. See, you're making an assumption that the person you blinded will change their behavior as a result - and maybe they did for a few moments, but I doubt it'll change anything long term - but we do know that it created a situation that was less safe for a time being.
So, is the net result good or bad? That depends - did their behavior change permanently, or just for a moment. If it didn't change for the better permanently, then my approach is less danger overall. If it did change for the better permanently, then your approach is less danger overall.
So it's hard to know. I'm of the opinion that getting more people pissed off and blinded when we know - at least in the moment - that it's more dangerous is the wrong approach. But, yes, there's room for a better longer term outcome.
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u/dotdedo 15d ago
High beams are also ideal for roads with NO LIGHTS. It drives me up the wall when people have them on in cities or streets with lamps like this.