Increasing problem of blinding car headlights

elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Whatever the reason, I have given up on evening Braai's with the Kids and Family, taking my Wife out to a Resturant, going to a Flick at Movie House, etc.

Too many idiots driving around with lights setup to blind approaching traffic.
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Jip I avoided driving to Jhb in the evenings.

I do find it a bit difficult to drive at night during loadshedding. Without the streetlights the light from oncoming traffic is too bright.
 
The Xenons on my Swift do have auto level adjustment.

In my experience driving at night, modern cars with OE LED lights are as guilty as the cars with uncalibrated aftermarket headlights.

What I’ve found is that the adaptive headlights are too slow to adapt/sense another car coming from the opposite direction, OR - for those with non-adaptive LEDs - the headlights are too bright due to poor calibration from factory.
 
You guys all focusing on the wrong thing. Amazing the article doesn't talk about all these fscking advertising signs running on full brightness even at night. They so bright that houses/buildings nearby don't even need their own lights. Sometimes you can't even see the damn road being blinded by them.

When it's raining , it's not fun at all.

They are a huge safety risk and it's amazing nothing is being done about it at all by the authority's. These things should be running at 50% brightness in the dark.

Or is it only me?
 
SauRoNZA said:
1. Idiots with their fog lights on in perfect visibility, especially the rear ones.
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Older BMW and Audi drivers are most prone to this. I don’t get it. Do they think their car is meant to have the orange fog light indicator on the dash? Or does it help keep all the other orange warning lights company?

Back in the day I drove an old Hyundai Atos, and putting the fog lights on gave one almost enough light to be able to see at night along with the weak headlights. So I get THAT. But rear foglights in the daytime? Somebody explain this cult to me.
 
TedLasso said:
You guys all focusing on the wrong thing. Amazing the article doesn't talk about all these fscking advertising signs running on full brightness even at night. They so bright that houses/buildings nearby don't even need their own lights. Sometimes you can't even see the damn road being blinded by them.

When it's raining , it's not fun at all.

They are a huge safety risk and it's amazing nothing is being done about it at all by the authority's. These things should be running at 50% brightness in the dark.

Or is it only me?
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All the better to sear the need to buy Skip washing powder into your brain. I agree it’s overblown at night.
 
TedLasso said:
You guys all focusing on the wrong thing. Amazing the article doesn't talk about all these fscking advertising signs running on full brightness even at night. They so bright that houses/buildings nearby don't even need their own lights. Sometimes you can't even see the damn road being blinded by them.

When it's raining , it's not fun at all.

They are a huge safety risk and it's amazing nothing is being done about it at all by the authority's. These things should be running at 50% brightness in the dark.

Or is it only me?
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Definitely not only you.

Every time I have to drive up Cape Road passing Dischem and their 1.2teralumen sign, it feels very Pink Floyd’s “Two Suns in the Sunset”-esque.

If I’m in a good mood, I pretend I’m a moisture farmer on his way home on native Tatooiine.
 
People with rear fogs. Yoh! and people who keep their high beams on behind you. I wish I had one of those collapsed sun spot lamps to shine back in their faces and see how it feels.
 
You folks moaning about Rear Fog-offs know there is a dedicated thread for those Satanic creatures?

Rear foglights driving thread

This thread is not for those who don't notice or do not care This thread is to tell the world about those that drive with their rear fog lights on for no good reason (no fog or smoke and their other rear lights were working, so cant even use that as an excuse): This morning: Silver Audi A3 -...
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A taster:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640731641461997571
 
SauRoNZA said:
I have never seen a factory fitted headlight used legally be a problem with blinding.

Problems are...

1. Idiots with their fog lights on in perfect visibility, especially the rear ones.

2. Idiots with aftermarket Xenon or LED kak who were to cheap to replace the reflector housing and now it's beams of the sun.
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3. Tools in bakkies with LED light bars at eye level.
 
Dolby said:
That sounds very cool.

On the window ?
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No, like this - the car actively adjusts the light beam pattern. As you can see there's virtually no illumination on the oncoming car on the left. Pretty cool.

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karnuffel said:
not all cars have that functionality... I found that my Navara is upsetting a lot of people when Im towing or have something heavy on the back.
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The Navara has a switch which allows you to compensate for loading conditions. IF the suspension has been upgraded PROPERLY, then that feature is more than adequate to make temporary adjustments.

So, what is it? don't you know about that switch?
 
Geoff.D said:
The Navara has a switch which allows you to compensate for loading conditions. IF the suspension has been upgraded PROPERLY, then that feature is more than adequate to make temporary adjustments.

So, what is it? don't you know about that switch?
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I also made that observation on post #22 in this thread as well - If I remember correctly, headlight levelling control was implemented as a requirement for Euro 2 or Euro 3 compatibility standards.
 
Ivan Leon said:
I also made that observation on post #22 in this thread as well - If I remember correctly, headlight levelling control was implemented as a requirement for Euro 2 or Euro 3 compatibility standards.
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Strange, my wife’s 2005 Kia and my 2011 Hyundai never had headlight leveling systems.

My 2007 Audi had it (automatic, works off a sensor and a little arm on the control arms) and my 2018 Duster as well (manual adjustment).
 
PhireSide said:
Strange, my wife’s 2005 Kia and my 2011 Hyundai never had headlight leveling systems.

My 2007 Audi had it (automatic, works off a sensor and a little arm on the control arms) and my 2018 Duster as well (manual adjustment).
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Xenons required auto leveling and headlight washers, if I remember right.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
For years, the "spot lights" on my Citi Golf, never worked, ( the small round lights in the grill - not after market ) my car went in for some work, and few weeks later, it became apparent that they did not work anymore, I have just had the damaged wires, and the relay that went "missing" replaced. It helps somewhat but the "competing lights" are still a magnitude brighter
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My first car was a 1981 Golf GTS - it also had the additional 2 driving lights in the grille - I fitted 2 x 80/100W Hella Rally main headlight bulbs & 2 x 100W bulbs for the driving lights, plus an upgraded relay - so instead of 110W (2x55W) dipped beam, I had 160W (2x80W) and instead of 230W main beam (2x60W & 2 x55W), I had 400W (4x100W).

When oncoming vehicles didn't dip their lights, I hit them with 400W and they immediately dimmed theirs... ;)
 
Sinbad said:
Xenons required auto leveling and headlight washers, if I remember right.
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Correct. I miss the little sweep that the lights did when you started the car with the Xenons turned on.

I disabled my Xenon washers though after I got the car back from the mechanic, sans the motor for the headlight sprayers. They are anyway only useful in regions that experience snowfall, since the Xenons don’t output enough heat to melt the snow unlike halogens do.
 
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