• Dave@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I live in the SF Bay Area and about 20% of cars are driven with their high beams on all the time. The drivers just click that stalk and leave it there no matter what. It’s an epidemic.

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        11 months ago

        It’s gotta be some kind of meme, where friends tell friends to do the thing, and they pass it on, because it’s gotten worse and worse over time.

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      11 months ago

      I thought this was just a Portland thing… “surely everyone can’t be that stupid”

      My latest pair of glasses have a yellow tint for this very reason

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        11 months ago

        I see this more in cities. I feel like people who drive in constantly lit streets, don’t understand when to use highbeams, because they never have to.

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          11 months ago

          They technically work for me. They make bright lights darker… Because they make everything darker. I can’t see anywhere near as good normally while wearing them.

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            11 months ago

            That’s interesting. Mine don’t darken at all, if very little. Instead they appear to shift the light, making a white-blue turn green, and turning yellow into orange - almost red. Doesn’t help much with glare or light intensity, but the colour change means that those LEDs don’t burn into my eyes causing me to see a black spot for a few minutes.

            I’ve heard to keep away from normal " yellow tinted night driving sunglasses" or fishing/daytime polarized glasses, but I don’t know the exact science.

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            11 months ago

            Conversely… people can’t see as well wearing these glasses or having treated windows so their headlights get brighter… this is kind of bananas

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      11 months ago

      Seeing this all the time in Chicago too. It’s really frustrating. Coupled with the same vehicle height and regular light brightness inflation that’s been occurring it’s really bad.