How would you feel about a law that bans car headlights from being above a certain brightness level?
reddit.comu/WorldlinessOk9368 — 1 day ago
r/fuckyourheadlights
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‘Limmy Wakjng Up’ viral meme from 2014: my permanent facial expression the moment dusk begins
My mirrors are in perfect position and being my anal-retentive self, the thought of maneuvering them every time I encounter an asshole of the road (50+ times a night- I have a long commute) does not sit well with my soul. So, rather than manually moving my rear and side view mirrors all over the place to attempt to save my retinas/revenge-blind these a-holes, I bought a 10”x7” handheld mirror off Amazon. No harm done to the positioning of my mirrors, and I have free range of wherever I want to deflect the laser beams. A few times I’ve even held it up in front of me towards oncoming traffic. Who knows how effective it is, but figured I’d pass along the suggestion, if you, too, are as particular as me and would rather leave your mirrors untouched 🙂
u/lgw2426 — 17 hours ago
cant have sad girl moment in peace, dried out my eyes
Was listening to the neighborhood and working up the water works then bam 💥 👁️👁️ tears dried up
u/joonluver — 1 day ago
WHY DO THEY TURN ON THEIR DWARF STARS IN THE DAY
It’s on purpose at this point.
u/Caicedonia — 1 day ago
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Last night I encountered a farm tractor with one light
The tractor had only one light and was pulling a large disc implement which was over width. This was followed by a BIG Ford pickup with over bright headlights on high beams. All occurring just over a hill. I thought I was a dead man. I slowed way down and made it through alive. This is what happens all the time in an area where “nothing bad ever happens”.
u/Conscious-Salt-4836 — 1 day ago
Transport Canada survey on “Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night” closes today (April 20, 2026)
Just a reminder, that if you’re Canadian and have yet to complete the survey, today is the final day to do so.
u/jeudepuissance — 2 days ago
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“My eyes” — A fish from SB
Even the tail lights of some cars these days are criminal. This is with front tints, too. Can’t imagine without.
u/1_7NF — 1 day ago
They’re sitting across the parking lot from me
u/WagWoofLove — 4 days ago
Imagine not seeing the road
Proud to not be able to see the road and what’s around us because of these headlights. Definitely not a safety issue (sarcasm). IMO Tesla headlights are 110% the worst. My police car has too bright of headlights in my opinion too, I unintentionally blind so many people. Sometimes it’s the manufacturers.
u/AffectionateField898 — 4 days ago
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Automated Mirror
So you don't need to drive distracted by adjusting your side mirrors or sticking one out the window, a safe alternative might include:
For legal reasons, all of the below is satire:
- Raspberry pi
- Camera module to sense bright light sources.
- 2-axis mirror mount w/ motorized control
- Pi Scripts:
- Detect whether any light sources exceed an excessive set intensity. If so:
- Calculates centers of brightest light sources and recognize the headlight pair
- uses simple geometry of known vehicle sizes and distance between those bright light sources to predict where it should redirect light
- It continues until the light source ceases.
Under no circumstances should this project be open-source or shared on Github.
u/Origin0236 — 2 days ago
Almost got abducted by aliens tonight, I guess
literally what the hell are we even doing anymore. if the aliens do come I'll just let them take me. it's gotta be better than dealing with this crap every night
u/Efficient_Suspect933 — 7 days ago
Silly stickers
I made these out of rage and as a joke, but feel like they make no sense because I should have written “headlights” instead of lights. I was going after the Big Man in his Big Truck who is So Tough but isn’t able to drive in the dark without a replication of the literal sun on the front of his Big Truck 🤪
It’s on my car anyway 😂 but I’m having trouble getting rid of the 29 others if anyone wants them hmu 😅
u/Prudent_Ear6158 — 7 days ago
Retro reflective tape
Guys I bought some reflective tape to make some squares and hang them behind the head rests, I don't know if letting it just as it is or to include a message saying "If you're blinded by your own headlights, you need to correct them". What do you think?!
u/irvindario — 6 days ago
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pic doesn’t capture the pain
not their brights
u/Immediate-Fig4394 — 4 days ago
Has anyone been getting blinded by these headlights recently and are there any traffic violations for this in Maryland? Seems like a serious safety hazard.
The lights are getting so bright I’m having to turn my rearview mirror up so that their reflection isn’t blinding me.
Normally I just do that or look away, but tonight someone’s lights were so brightl my vision just went completely splotchy as if I looked at the sun.
I’m not a person who is into making up dubious laws or not just minding my own business, but this is getting a little out of hand with how blinding these things are getting
u/Congregator — 9 days ago
Almost hit a deer because someones headlights was making me see only white and nothing else.
It was worse in person, trust me. Also I have sensitive eyes to bright lights. I'm just so thankful the deer decided to not cross the street this time. First time I seen a deer do that.
This is why in the rural areas LOWER THEM WHEN YOU SEE OTHERS.
Also sorry if it seemed I over reacted with the "Whooo, oh my god" my last car was totaled by a deer on this same road a month ago so I trying to calm myself down.
u/dotdedo — 8 days ago
Back-to-back assholes on the road this evening. Second one still managed to blind me with just their padiddle light
u/lgw2426 — 8 days ago
Driving in 2026
When they first started using these ridiculous headlights one of my colleagues described it as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and he was so right 😅
u/ClaireMadMax — 9 days ago