The more I think on this, the more I wonder if it’s truly unpopular “here,” but it certainly is in public.

Headlights should be no more than 2 feet off the ground. Yes, your SUV will look dumb. No, you won’t be able to see as far. But you also won’t be blinding everyone.

And no, adjusting angles does not solve this for monster trucks in the US.

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
    17•5 months ago

    It doesn’t matter where the lights are themselves. What matters is how they’re angled. Almost every jackass I’ve seen with custom lights also has their headlights pointed straight forward; which is why you get blinded. The lights are supposed to be pointed toward the ground. Otherwise you’re driving around with high beams everywhere and your high beams end up shooting into the fucking sky.

    Plenty of vehicles with those blue led lights that don’t blind you because they’re angled correctly. I think regulating the height of the bumper (or rather, the height should be the same for an SUV or truck as it is for a normal sized car) is more needed right now.

    • Hildegarde
      12•5 months ago

      Cars come from the factory with blinding lights. Yes modified lights are also a problem. There aren’t enough regulations for either OEM nor modified headlights.

      If a car’s headlights are mounted higher than the mirrors of another car, no amount of aiming can stop them from being blinding.

      If anything they should bring back sealed beam laws. Auto companies have proven they’re unable to make headlights correctly.

    • @aelwero@lemmy.world
      5•5 months ago

      I love LED headlights. The cutoff on the beam makes them much less blinding.

      Damn shame about the lack of intelligent people installing em though ;)