Well, I’d say the problem isn’t that I’m offended, but rather that I’M blinded now if the high beams aren’t cut off as the car approaches me, and I have no idea if I’m going straight or if I’m veering out of the lane. I don’t really care about inconvenience, but driving into a ravine is a little much, haha. When the high beams are behind me, it’s more about annoyance than danger, usually, but it does downgrade my ability to see when it’s shining in my eyes from the rearview and side mirrors, so it is a little dangerous.
I don’t really know much about night blindness…. is there a prescription you could get to help out? When my mom was alive she’d buy me all these goofy “As Seen On TV” products, and she got me these glasses for driving in the sun and another kind for driving at night. To be honest, they were godawful ugly, lmao, so they never made it out of the box for me. I don’t know if those would help you or if it would make the issue worse, but I just wonder if there’s some sort of lens that could maybe brighten your view? I don’t know, I went to college for a real long time, but I’m not an optometrist😂
That's not really the issue here, girl. You put every other approaching driver in danger by blinding them, so that YOU can see at night! If you can't lower your beams long enough to let a car pass, or can't see well enough if you do, then you should consider not driving at night. Your personal "freedom" is putting a LOT of other people at risk.
Have you spoken with an ophthalmologist about how to improve your condition (nyctalopia)? Have you researched things will help improve your night driving? There are some electronic aids out now that might be useful as well.
People don't take it "personally" - the oncoming cars don't know you personally. The only thing they can assume is you're either forgetting they're on, you don't care and you're being an asshole, or you don't know the courtesy rules of the road that say
"Dim it, damn it". Sorry, but I can't back your "right" to drive with them on all the time because it's the only way YOU can see. It's YOUR responsibility to either figure out a way you can lower your beams to passing traffic, or stop driving at night.
I can't say it is personal but they blind other drivers. It is in your and everyone's best interest to not have someone blind right?
They talked about that in drivers education here, about how some people get blinded by another cars high beams and then they go into oncoming traffic and hit the car that had the high beams on cause they couldn't see them.
I would turn them off when passing others, but if your just on a multi lane divided highway, I don't see as a big issue, at least not coming straight on. Might annoy in mirrors but those can be adjusted.
I don’t know. I’m not sure why many people take that personally.
For me, I might get annoyed for a split second because I can’t see in certain angles, but it’s not a big deal unless I crash lol. Everyone seems to have a reason for driving with them on, and I just shrug it off.
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Because as person with night blindness you should be responsible and self disciplined enough to accept that your actions are dangerous and give up driving at night.
Just like an 87 year old person that's been driving themselves for 70 years, I get the surrendering of your independence is a hard pill to swallow, but the accident you may cause by BLINDING someone to dangerous debris on the side of the road, that they then hit, causing them to lose control, crash, and possibly involve fatalities to themselves or others couldn't be proven as YOUR FAULT, but hey, as long a you can see...
Really? Personal attack? No, but certainly a sure sign that your self centered. It's all about you, isn't it? GTF off the road at night. You're a danger to other motorists.
You're just a bad as these morons with those ultra bright projector headlights and/or giant light bars, blasting white light bright enough to see a hair on a racoon's ass at 200 yards. It's all about your safety and ability to see, but nothing about the 500 other motorists coming headlong at you... blinded. The things should be outlawed... and so should you.. at night.
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Driving with your high beams on blinds oncoming traffic. If you are in the city, it is for longer than a couple of seconds. On the highway, the speeds are much higher so a blinded driver could easily travel a farther distance in the same time and kill someone, including you. And that is just the people coming toward you. If you are behind someone, your brights will be shining in their eyes in the mirror. They will be blinded and have to adjust the mirror so that they cannot see what is happening behind them. Easy for them to change lanes right into you or someone else because they cannot see behind them. Again, your fault.
If your night blindness is so bad that you cannot see in the dark, then YOU are required by law to not be driving in the dark. Stop acting like you are so privileged and get off the road at night!
First, it doesn’t matter where you are, you cannot just drive around with the high beams on! It’s illegal, and it’s extremely dangerous! It not only blinds oncoming drivers, but everyone you drive past can loose their night vision for quite a while after you have passed. Therefore, second: if you have night blindness so bad that you MUST have your high beams on, then you have absolutely NO BUSINESS driving at night! You are a literal danger to every single driver on the road when you drive like that. I’m coming in to this after 91 OTHER people have commented, and I willing to bet that everyone else has already told you this.
I’m on a motorcycle, I produce even less light than any other vehicle. I still get flashed if the rare occasion happens that I forget to dim my high beam, and I do dim it until the vehicle passes, as it’s not only respectful it’s safer for me too.
When an oncoming car is heading in your direction their own headlights add to illuminate the road in front of you.
It’s common courtesy to share that light by turning yours down for 3-5 seconds, then flick them up when they have passed and nobody else is present. (If this mix is not enough light to see by you shouldn’t be driving at night)
If dimming your brights to approaching and behind other vehicles is a law, it must be a pretty big deal. I’m guessing it is law where you are or people wouldn’t be flashing you, they’d be blinding you too.
Well it's generally very rude to do that. It's not the job of the general population to cater to your specific needs.
Obviously you have a medical reason behind it, but that's not the fault of the miscellaneous strangers on the road with you. To them, you're just the asshole who doesn't care if they go off the road because you've blinded them.
And since the vast majority of the population doesn't have the medical condition you have, part is the lot you've drawn in life is that people are going to be mad at you when you're driving at night so you just need to get over that and accept it or you'll be in for a pretty miserable time. 🤷🏼♀️
Unfortunately, your high beams can blind other drivers and, potentially, that can lead to accidents. For most areas, here are the legal guidelines:
If you are driving with your high-beam lights on, you must dim them at least 500 ft from any oncoming vehicle, so you don't blind the oncoming driver. You must use low-beam lights if you are within 200-300 ft of the vehicle you are following.
I understand this is helpful for you, but are you showing the consideration to others that you expect to receive from them? If you feel you are unsafe driving at night, maybe it would be better to hire an Uber or Lyft. Call your local law enforcement agency. Explain your situation and ask them what you can legally do.
Because as you mentioned it helps you see better but driving with high beams is literally making driving harder for everyone else at the expense that you see better. High beams are not meant to be on just because it's dark, it is used when there is fog or when it's completely dark, and even then it's common courtesy to lower them when another car passes because a strong beam to someone's eyes can skew their vision. Of course, it's not a personal attack but now you are leaving them blind so it is personal because they can get in a accident because of you.
If you where caught in the UK with main beam on you would be hit with a fine.
Your putting other road users in danger as you will be dazzling oncoming drivers blinding them and could cause a crash. Anyone your following will also be getting dazzled through there mirrors not as serious but still bad!
If you are eyesight is too bad to drive at night you really shouldn't be driving without speaking to an optician about this problem they might be able to suggest some lenses that might help.
For one, it is illegal in most places to drive with high beams on in city limits unless weather conditions call for it. You are blinding others when you have such a bright light in their faces. If you cannot see at night, either get some better glasses or stay off the road at night. With uber, taxis and other alternatives there is no excuse to drive at night when you MUST have high beams to drive. Out in a rural area is different. Also most driving schools teach drivers that headlights on is NOT for the person driving but so others can see the car at night.
Because driving with your high beams on makes you a safety hazard to everyone else on the road... and it kind of makes you an asshole to expect everyone else to accommodated you, over their own personal safety. So yeah your are a complete self center sounding jerk.
Well, the only way they'd know you're driving with your high beams on is you're either behind them or driving toward them. In either case, you're shining a really bright light into their eyes while they're trying to drive, blinding them and putting their lives in danger. So that's a large reason of why they take it personally. In some places, like California, this is actually illegal. If you have night blindness, you shouldn't be driving at night at all. Both for your own safety and the safety of everyone you encounter on the road.
Honestly you should turn them off if you see another car coming then put them back on , courtesy cuz you blinding everyone else lol
you’re causing them might blindness as well lmfao turn them off when you see a car coming and turn them back on when they pass
So because you cannot see now everyone can't see real great thinking on your part. YOU SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING AT ALL. i DO NOT CARE HOW OR WHY YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE DRIVING ANY DEATH CAUSE BY YOU SHOULD BE CONSIDERED MURDER YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE BILINDING DRIVERS YET YOU THINK BECAUSE IT IS YOU, YOU CAN DO IT CAUSE ALL SORTS OF SHIT AND EXPLAIN IT AS NIGHT BLINDNESS AND YOUR SO CALLED NEEDS YOU CAN DO THIS. People take this personal because you are putting their lives in danger because of your so called need to drive at night. There is no way of saying driving at night with night blindness is ok for any reason. I pray that someone turns your ass in!
Probably because its illegal to not dim them for oncoming traffic, and blinding oncoming traffic because you don’t want to dim your brights is dangerous and makes you the asshole.
If you can’t see well enough to drive in the dark with out following traffic then you shouldn’t be driving in the dark.
Because I would wager most people do not know why you are driving with your high beams on.
Even if they did know, it can be irritating or annoying to drive coming towards someone with their high beams on.
ummm. because when you hit your highbeams the angle of light changes to directly aim into on coming traffic. it's a great way to initiate a head on collision with another driver. that's why they take it personally... because you are blinding them. and that's why you will notice people turn them off for you. 🤭
It's because you can cause an accident or multiple accidents by blinding other drivers while they're driving. You could seriously hurt or kill others on the road. If you can't see at night, then you shouldn't be driving at night. Period. Call an Uber or Lyft and stop being a driving menace.
High beams, are emit a brighter more powerful light. It's great for you because it allows you to see better, it's bad for oncoming drivers because it blinds them. The courteous thing to do, would be to simply turn your high beams off when you see a driver coming towards you, then turn them back on once they pass. That's the beauty of high beams is that they can be turned off without you losing all the light, then can quickly and easily be turned back on.
lol because since humans don't communicate with words while driving, we take other cues as non-verbal communication. There is a "culture" to driving (for example; those who want to drive slower are expected to drive in the right lanes of the highway). I agree with you in that high beams may be seen as aggression even if it is not meant to be aggression
