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To: Red Badger

I’m not sure if headlights really are brighter, or there are just a lot more morons on the road who can’t be troubled to dim their high beam headlights when another vehicle approaches. It’s rude at best, dangerous at worst.


48 posted on 01/07/2026 2:24:20 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: EnderWiggin1970; Red Badger; All

30 years ago headlights / brights were 1,000 / 1,500 lumens.

20 or so years ago 4,000 / 4,500 lumens.

Currently 6,000 / 6,500 lumens.

Imo need to keep the low beams low, all the way back to 1k.
Also need technology that aids the driver by automatically
going to low beams.


57 posted on 01/07/2026 5:10:17 PM PST by BrandtMichaels ( 1st Peter 4:8 "Above all, love each other deeply because love covers a multitude of sins." )
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To: EnderWiggin1970

It’s the LEDs. They put out a brighter, whiter (actually bluer) light than the old incandescent bulbs...........


70 posted on 01/08/2026 5:12:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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