OriginalBigAl
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With the advent of LED lights (not just the MG4) and brighter dipped lights in general, what is a suitable etiquette when opposing drivers flash their main beams at you?
For an example: the other night driving into town on dipped beams, the road being bumpy so the car was lurching up and down, an opposing driver flashed his main beams at me, for a little longer than was necessary, to inform me of an apparent but unfounded misdemeanour. I responded with a similar gesture to inform him of his mistake, more out of revenge than politeness.
Living in a hilly countryside this sort of unintentional temporary blinding from other drivers (dipped beam) and likely from myself is not an uncommon event and as in the above instance causes untold grumpiness.
Do we ? try to ignore it, and put up with it. ?
go around flashing main beams at all and sundry?
complain to ...... whom?
As more modern vehicles replace the old more yellowy head lighted versions it's only going to get more common and although personally I avoid night driving when I can it does remain a necessary evil at times.
This is not about drivers who have accidently left their main beams on, or their failing auto dip functions have let them down, for whom the main beam flasher was invented and and again frequently applied.
For an example: the other night driving into town on dipped beams, the road being bumpy so the car was lurching up and down, an opposing driver flashed his main beams at me, for a little longer than was necessary, to inform me of an apparent but unfounded misdemeanour. I responded with a similar gesture to inform him of his mistake, more out of revenge than politeness.
Living in a hilly countryside this sort of unintentional temporary blinding from other drivers (dipped beam) and likely from myself is not an uncommon event and as in the above instance causes untold grumpiness.
Do we ? try to ignore it, and put up with it. ?
go around flashing main beams at all and sundry?
complain to ...... whom?
As more modern vehicles replace the old more yellowy head lighted versions it's only going to get more common and although personally I avoid night driving when I can it does remain a necessary evil at times.
This is not about drivers who have accidently left their main beams on, or their failing auto dip functions have let them down, for whom the main beam flasher was invented and and again frequently applied.
