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How do you tell somebody in the car behind that their lights are dazzling?


vinceb

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There's nothing wrong with xenon lights, but because they are still a little unusual I do believe that there is a 'perception' of dazzle that isn't actually true. The same goes for foglights... which are aimed at the ground!

 

Yes there is! Other drivers cannot see where they are driving when people blind them with headlights too bright. They really should be made illegal IMO.

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There are a whole wealth of regulations covering the different kinds of beam, the allowed brightness, the angle at which the beam is allowed to shine, etc. Or to put it more simply (highway code no. 94):

You MUST NOT

use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users (Law RVLR reg 27).

 

Seems clear enough to me.

 

P.S. I think there must be a real problem with people not turning their foglights off after visibility improves, because there were so many questions in the driving theory test about when you should turn them off. Clearly something they're trying to drill into new drivers.

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Well a car behind is easily thanked for rectifying their mistake, just a left hand-up gesture is all it takes and is seen by a following car. as for them apologising, most people have genuinly left on/knocked on their main beam by mistake and not realised.

 

I see what you mean. But personally I find that I can't see into other cars in the dark, so I doubt that such a gesture would be visible unless you stuck your arm out of the window.

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I find them more of a pain in the arse when they're overtaking but not fast enough to actually pass you, just hovering in your wing mirror. THAT's bloody annoying.

 

Also, check your brake lights people. Every motorway journey I've made so far this year, I've been behind - in the distance or otherwise - someone whose brake lights are stuck on. Equally dazzling and also bloody annoying. But what do you do?

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Also, check your brake lights people. Every motorway journey I've made so far this year, I've been behind - in the distance or otherwise - someone whose brake lights are stuck on. Equally dazzling and also bloody annoying. But what do you do?

Er - that's pretty unusual, lots of brake lights stuck on, considering how rarely that happens.

 

Are you confusing it with people who leave their foglights on. That happens often enough, usually by female drivers, in my experience.

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