I live in Alaska, in the winter we only have a few hours of daylight. Gotta man up to live here, regular lights just don’t cut it anymore and in ALASKA it actually puts you and your loved ones in harms way if you rely upon what has been the norm, we call it adaptation.
Its the facts FRiend.
MAN UP, MY ASS!! THE FACT,MY FRIEND,is: I have lived in Alaska for almost sixty years. Most of my driving has been in the dark. I agree that 1950's headlights are insufficient, but modern headlights are so far superior that you don't have to blind everyone on the road just so you can see. We don't have to "adapt" to the point of blinding the other drivers on the road. That is just self-centered arrogance. Slow down if you can't see. As far as the law goes, the limit is 55w on low and 65w on high. No more than two lights on low beam and no more than four on high beam. Fog lights are supposed to hit the ground at fifteen feet. they are to locate the edges of the road and the center line in dense fog. They are not for blinding drivers. Today's headlight technology is so improved that 65w HID's would dim the sun. These laws have been the standard in Alaska since Statehood (55 years ago). They need to be modified to measure lumens, not watts.
As I stated before,I don't care what lights you use on high beam out on the lonely roads, but I do care when they blind me when I meet you. that kind of arrogance will blind some novice driver and result in a head-on collision.Contrary to being a safety measure, it is an avoidable hazard.
I remember when I was a youngster, we thought it was "cool" to run aircraft landing lights. I remember more than one instance where a Trooper pulled a driver over, got out his nightstick, walked to the front of the offending vehicle, broke both landing lights out and got back in his Cruiser, without a word and drove away. We need more Troopers like that.