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

[Tony]

If you have duff eyes then your perception is different isn't it?

 

If the noise is too loud you don't listen to it.

If the light is too bright you don't look at it.

 

It sounds quite straight-forward to me. People are such wimps nowadays

[Shazbat]

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.

 

I know a foglight when I see one (AND I'm a woman driver - amazing ) because as a general rule, there are only one or two of them and in these instances, the giveaway has been the light in the middle of the back window.

 

Now if my brake lights were stuck on, I can see the middle one reflected in the back window as it's just above the parcel shelf. I'm also sensible and responsible enough to get someone to check my rear lights for me periodically.

[Cyclone]

If you have duff eyes then your perception is different isn't it?

 

yes, the perception would be different to yours, but that doesn't mean that it isn't dazzling.

 

(I don't have duff eyes, well, not so duff that glasses don't sort them out).

[rubydazzler]

And I don't have night blindness ...

 

I think you're just going to have to accept Tony, that sometimes people do have their lights either on full beam or badly adjusted and that if they are driving up ya chuff, their lights are going to pi... annoy you.

 

Anyway, if you're the one with the duff lights driving behind, your perception of dazzle is irrelevant

[nightrider]

It's quite simple. When people see something different to the norm they often make an assumption that is not actually true. People also exaggerate. "Oooo Mable, look at these bright lights behind / in front of us - they are really bright and dazzling".

 

Many people have defective night vision and glare recovery - and they either don't realise it or they refuse to stop driving at night. That's not the fault of xenon lights.

 

I can honestly say that xenon lights don't dazzle me because, I don't look into them and my night vision is OK.

 

What sort of person stares into another cars headlights anyway? I await the explanation with interest?

 

They dont. The driver behind shines them in the rearview mirror and unless one adjusts the mirror to an angle whereby it is of no use the driver is dazzled and cannot drive safely due to not being able to see the road ahead.

[rip_dime]

This is a little pet hate of mine but i see it all the time driver in cars usually boy racer types in corsas/saxos/novas driving round with their foglights on

 

Do these people realise that its illegal unless visability is below 300ft/100m's

 

and can get u 3 points, it dazzles other drivers and is dangerous.

 

moan over

[Darbees]

This is a little pet hate of mine but i see it all the time driver in cars usually boy racer types in corsas/saxos/novas driving round with their foglights on

 

Do these people realise that its illegal unless visability is below 300ft/100m's

 

and can get u 3 points, it dazzles other drivers and is dangerous.

 

moan over

That is annoying and I've sometimes wondered if having a 100w rear facing foglight on back might help. Rear foglights are more annoying though especially when people still have them on 3 weeks after they were in a little bit of mist.

[scarby]

Stop whinging..

 

I have mine on all the time, when it's about to go dark, but when it's really dark, I switch to my sidelights.

 

Couldn't you have used to forum space for something better to moan about?

 

[rip_dime]

only trying to stop u gettin 3 points but then again i dare say ur one of inconsiderate drivers on the road

 

so when its dark u don't have ur headlights on

[Darbees]

only trying to stop u gettin 3 points but then again i dare say ur one of inconsiderate drivers on the road

 

so when its dark u don't have ur headlights on

He'll turn them off when he grows up and realises what a t*** he looks.