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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1391902" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Don't look at the lights. Look at the white line on the right edge of the road, and whatever you do don't focus on the light, even for a second. It will blind you.</p><p></p><p>A helpful hint is that if you can see each individual beam, the brights probably are not on. When brights are on, you usually can't distinguish the 2 separate beams. It looks like one big supernova of brightness.</p><p></p><p>People flashed my 4WD Tacoma when it was stock all the time. I usually ignored it, but a few times they insisted on doing it multiple times. That hurts my eyes. Then I would slow way down and hit the high beams for them, leaving them on until they passed. You know, just in case they were right and I was wrong. I had to be sure. One guy's lady friend covered her eyes with her arms. I guess they believed me that my stock truck only had it's stock low beams on after that.</p><p></p><p>It's now on 33's and sits a few inches higher than stock. I didn't adjust them, because it really isn't any worse than it was stock. You'd have to be REALLY close to notice the difference. In passing, that's a fraction of a second. If i don't tailgate you, that eliminates the other problem. So I won't tailgate you. They still flash me, but oddly it seems I get flashed less than when it was stock.</p><p></p><p>Headlights are brighter now than they were 20 years ago. I've driven low cars, and that's just part of it (getting excess light in your eyes) . I've never had a problem driving at night, except when people ACTUALLY have their high beams on. </p><p>A stock SUV/Truck vs. a car that sits on the ground, you are always going to get lit up. Headlights on many stock SUV's and pickups sit at windshield level to the average car.</p><p></p><p>I think it may be a getting old thing. My dad is getting worse at night driving, and he admits it. He's not even old.</p><p></p><p>ETA: I also wear glasses and have pretty bad near-sightedness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1391902, member: 4319"] Don't look at the lights. Look at the white line on the right edge of the road, and whatever you do don't focus on the light, even for a second. It will blind you. A helpful hint is that if you can see each individual beam, the brights probably are not on. When brights are on, you usually can't distinguish the 2 separate beams. It looks like one big supernova of brightness. People flashed my 4WD Tacoma when it was stock all the time. I usually ignored it, but a few times they insisted on doing it multiple times. That hurts my eyes. Then I would slow way down and hit the high beams for them, leaving them on until they passed. You know, just in case they were right and I was wrong. I had to be sure. One guy's lady friend covered her eyes with her arms. I guess they believed me that my stock truck only had it's stock low beams on after that. It's now on 33's and sits a few inches higher than stock. I didn't adjust them, because it really isn't any worse than it was stock. You'd have to be REALLY close to notice the difference. In passing, that's a fraction of a second. If i don't tailgate you, that eliminates the other problem. So I won't tailgate you. They still flash me, but oddly it seems I get flashed less than when it was stock. Headlights are brighter now than they were 20 years ago. I've driven low cars, and that's just part of it (getting excess light in your eyes) . I've never had a problem driving at night, except when people ACTUALLY have their high beams on. A stock SUV/Truck vs. a car that sits on the ground, you are always going to get lit up. Headlights on many stock SUV's and pickups sit at windshield level to the average car. I think it may be a getting old thing. My dad is getting worse at night driving, and he admits it. He's not even old. ETA: I also wear glasses and have pretty bad near-sightedness. [/QUOTE]
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