I have an OEM LED-equipped car, and after fifteen years of driving with bad headlights
1) I now have a broad enough field of view that night driving on country roads doesn't have me constantly worried about fallen parts/rocks/animals
2) The high beams are now adequate to get people to MOVE when I hit them. Not "look over their shoulder", not "scrunch down and move over in the lane to get those lights out of my mirrors" - MOVE an entire lane reflexively and immediately. Slowpokes now get out of my way faster than they do for flashing blue and red. I do have to look ahead to make sure that their lane change will be safe but it is a huge relief to not have to worry about having to go around someone on the right before they catch up to an even slower car in that lane.
In reply to Tony Sestito :
After my wife got her CX-5 I let her follow me home ONCE. After that I would wait until she left and follow her because of the headlights. Don't know if it would be as bad since I changed from the Mazda 3 to the Ranger though.
chaparral said:
2) The high beams are now adequate to get people to MOVE when I hit them. Not "look over their shoulder", not "scrunch down and move over in the lane to get those lights out of my mirrors" - MOVE an entire lane reflexively and immediately. Slowpokes now get out of my way faster than they do for flashing blue and red. I do have to look ahead to make sure that their lane change will be safe but it is a huge relief to not have to worry about having to go around someone on the right before they catch up to an even slower car in that lane.
More likely you've blinded them and they're driving off the road!
irish44j said:
triumph7 said:
And nobody has brought up those aftermarket LED light bars that say "not for highway use"...............
At least in my county, I routinely see Jeeps and other SUVs with light bars pulled over, likely for that. My state inspection station absolutely will NOT pass you with LED lightbars anywhere if they are uncovered. I have a big bar on my roof and 6 floods on the back of the Sequioa (for rally service at night), but they always have homemade covers on them unless I'm out in the middle of nowhere.
But yeah, they definitely enforce it here to some degree. I doubt it I went into boondock southern Va they would, where every bro-dozer has triple-stack ebay LED bars lol....
Well that's because you live in the state of Virginia where they literally will fine you for anything that comes to mind. You should probably preface with that. You know the state that wouldn't hesitate to put you in jail for a few days for doing 1MPH over 80.
I didn't read through every post but it's not just Super Duty's, I've been close to blinded by new Toyota and Honda products (cars also not just trucks or SUV's) to.
drainoil said:
I didn't read through every post but it's not just Super Duty's, I've been close to blinded by new Toyota and Honda products (cars also not just trucks or SUV's) to.
Honda's jewel eye LED projector setup actually works well for the driver, they just throw a lot of glare which is a bad side effect for oncoming traffic. Their LED reflectors that Honda produces suck in comparison yet still throw a lot of glare making it bad for all parties involved.
I'm actually impressed with BMWs new laser headlight setup. Very little glare and maybe the self-leveling helps reduce the dazzling effect that a lot of these LED setups produce.
My favorite headlights are the old glass ones in my zephyr, better then the ones in anything else I've personally owned but I met my first one of these trucks this morning driving the company's fiesta, good thing I could see the white line to stay on the road because I couldn't see E36 M3 directly in front of me
Put me in the "Do Not Like" column.
chaparral said:
2) The high beams are now adequate to get people to MOVE when I hit them. Not "look over their shoulder", not "scrunch down and move over in the lane to get those lights out of my mirrors" - MOVE an entire lane reflexively and immediately. Slowpokes now get out of my way faster than they do for flashing blue and red. I do have to look ahead to make sure that their lane change will be safe but it is a huge relief to not have to worry about having to go around someone on the right before they catch up to an even slower car in that lane.
You do know, that's not really what the high beam function is for, don't you?
I 'm the guy that gets ticketed for doing the same speed as everyone else. I now typ. drive no more than 5mph over. I use the left lane as a passing lane. If I am in the "passing lane" while moving around a slower car, and someone wants to speed past, I wait to get clear, signal, and move over. If their being cool about it, I will even increase my speed to get past enough to move over. BUT. IF they want to be an azz about ( like intentionally trying to kill me in a wreck by getting on my bumper and/or blinding me) I can assure everyone I can be a much bigger azz, and prolly have more practice! If someone is unhappy about THIS speed, ya dam sure ain't gonna like the other!
I like to use my tow/boat loading "reverse" lights to let people know they have their high beams on behind me. They work great for setting up a campsite in the dark too.
