I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
Ridiculously bright headlights on cars, in particular those the driver cannot control when they dim. I can’t fucking see when driving at night against incoming traffic. Yet the majority of people seem to love them somehow.
It’s more aggressive car culture bullshit where people feel compelled to keep up with the latest aggressive gesture.
That too, yes.
But it starts with the manufacturers, and with no proper research and regulations. I’ve heard of people disappointed that they can’t control the brightness of their own car lights, apparently when purchasing it they never imagined it would be something 100% automatic.
Are those legal? In loads of countries the police will simply take you off the road when the catch you with that, fine the crap out of you and won’t let you continue driving until it’s fixed
I’m in Australia and yes. Some models don’t dim when they pass you. Others do, but they already blinded you. Others are set at an angle and it kills you when they are coming downhill.
And so many are still so bright even after dimming.
Never I’ve seen the police stop anybody for their lights.
Headlights are supposed to be at a downward angle, or else they would blind everyone on a flat road. It’s annoying, but I would rather be blinded on the occasional hill than be blinded anytime I’m on a flat road.
I do agree that there are way too many assholes not aware of the angle and brightness of their lights. A lot of people mess up the angle when they DIY upgrade their headlights, too.
I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing, but I’m in Australia and I have obnoxiously bright spotlights.
In West Aus at least the law is that the spotlights must be switchable so you have park lights > head lights > high beam > spot lights.
I don’t use my spotlights anywhere there’s likely to be oncoming traffic. They’re fucking amazing on country roads when you’re trying to keep an eye out for Kangaroos. Excessive and obnoxious in any other circumstance though.
People have forgotten that you’re supposed to drive “within your headlights”, or perhaps never understood that, at night, you need to drive slow enough that your stopping distance is illuminated by your headlights.
So, the solution is to get extremely bright lights, so they can drive as fast as possible, in the worst possible lighting conditions.
I feel like every new comfort feature on a car is solved legally by still having the person at the wheel responsible and since now the computer does it (well enough maybe 60% of the time) you see way more of an increase in stuff like too bright lights, missing lights cause the rain detector isn’t working and things of that nature because people just assume the car will take care of it