hid's or those white headlights

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

But plainly put, people in cars are dicks ..

You could argue the inverse pretty easily Tony. When I'm driving my poor little low to the ground car and somebody comes up behind me with lights so bright I think my back seat is on fire it's rather distracting.

Blinding everyone else on the road isn't exactly un-dickish.

[Stones]

I have yet to be flashed by oncoming drivers after installing the HID kit and these lights went into a truck that is already sitting much higher than cars.

Its not about how bright your headlights are but its all about where you have your headlights aimed. I had to turn my lights down 12 full rotations on the adjustment knobs before they were aimed the same way a conventional halogen bulb would project.

[mark]

non-standard bulbs = non-standard aiming procedure, makes sense.

Talking about blinding lights, could go off on a rant about the height of the lights on jacked up 4x4s when I'm in my wife's Yaris but won't.

[Delphinus]

Midget, I agree if someone were to sit that close to you that it's a bit over the top but I wasn't doing that.

I would still argue that it's more the reaction and less the initial transgression that qualifies as dickish or undickish. It's a fact of life that there are bright lights out there. I find myself being blinded all the time too, and I sit higher than your lowrider. I just use my night mode mirror when it's behind me, and I try not to stare at the headlights when it's oncoming. Unless I'm 100% certain it's highbeams (and if I'm in doubt, I'll extend the benefit of the doubt), I won't click my highbeams at someone. Besides, there's also a trick you can use, if the foglamps are on then it's not highbeams. Unless the foglamps are installed incorrectly you're not supposed to be able to have both on. So foglamps and bright lights == just bright lights. Brightlights and foglamps off == maybe its highbeams.

But let's face it getting angry over headlights is a bit... petty, no? Do we really have nothing else we can direct our aggression towards in our life?

See, here's my take. Here's a choice: Flip your mirror into night mode, or chase the person for the better part of half an hour trying to get the point across that you want to kill him? Let the punishment fit the crime. Bright headlights? If it's THAT upsetting then I'd say there is a different problem at play. Sorry, I stand by the assertion that people become jerks once behind the wheel. For all I know this person could be the nicest person you'd ever meet in person but that reaction was so far over the line, there's no conscionable defense of it.

[mark]

and you have to be careful about flashing your lights to vehicles with their high beams on, don't you know it's potential gang bangers looking for someone to kill for their initiation

[Delphinus]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

Don't believe everything you hear.

[lorenz0]

oh man alive. I hate trucks with aftermarket bulbs of any sort. why because with my car lowered if the truck is aligned perfectly behind me i headlight shines in one mirror, the other into the other and they both blind me with my rear view.

Now when it comes to cops harrassing you, really they will only be a douchebag if you are being one. I drive the speedlimit 90% of the time and haven't been bugged for anything (knock on wood). See alof of people don't know how HID's work. you need a projector headlight (you know looks like a round glass ball) because when the light hits it, it creates a cut off. without it you get scattered light which blinds any on coming traffic. with prices dropping in the past 2 years (kits used to be like $500 and now you can find one for $120) alot of people have them. and most are impropperly installed. than again there are always the guys who have the leveling adjustment (oem) and raise their headlights. lol i can keep complaining cause i have headacks from people driving at light behind me.

[mark]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

Don't believe everything you hear.

no sh*t, didn't think I needed to put the wink on my post for this one.

[Delphinus]

Sorry Mark. Some people really do believe it though so thought I'd put the link up anyhow. I love snopes - people who have a tendency to believe stuff in their inbox should routinely check it.

[mark]

Think the people who believe that one wouldn't use snopes as probably to paranoid to use the internet.

I will admit though, the girl who caught the foul at the baseball game had me wondering.