#nightdriving — Public Fediverse posts

So, the article talks about "driver-assistance systems that encourage confident nighttime driving at highway speeds". You know, those systems do NOTHING when a deer runs out into the road! On dark, rural roads, I take my time and scan visually ahead for the light reflecting off a deer's eyes on the side of the road. That's prevented collisions a number of times! As for my headlights? Warm, old school lights that work just fine to illuminate deer eyes!

#SlowDown #NightDriving

‘Anyone who has driven at night in the last few years knows what I’m talking about: A modern crossover crests a hill in the opposite lane, and the cabin briefly fills with enough cold-white light to suggest a police helicopter has joined traffic. The obvious assumption is that drivers are simply leaving their high beams on more often, but the reality is more complicated.’

Yep… been blinded for critical seconds around bends many times and that was with beams dipped! There is a *Standard* to do with how bright (lumens) a low beam must be, but it seems that modern cars are not compliant to me… I know I’m getting old and my vision isn’t what it once was but, sincererly, do low beam **have** to be that bright?

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/how-headlights-got-brighter-whiter-and-more-blinding-after-dark/

#NightDriving #HighBeams #LEDheadlights #BLueWhiteLIght

Transport Canada Survey asking for input on these bright glaring headlights that are causing driving problems. Only takes a few minutes to complete.
#headlights #nightdriving

http://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F9WBTLZ

Hey Canadians, Transport Canada is doing a survey on headlight glare. Let them know what you think.

#automobiles #nightdriving #nightdrivingsafety #headlights #toobright

Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night
https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/consultations/canadian-experience-vehicle-headlights-glare-night

Every autumn, mother skunks drive their four-month-old babies away to find territory of their own.
It’s nature’s way — but for us, it’s terrifying.

I move slowly because I don’t understand how fast your cars are.
When danger comes, I spray instead of running — that’s how my kind survives predators, not highways.

October and November are when the most young skunks die on roads.
We cross at night, confused and homeless for the first time.

If you see a small, slow shape under your headlights — please brake.
I’m not trying to spray you. I’m just trying to survive my first night alone. 🦨💔

#SkunkAwareness #NightDriving #WildlifeDispersalSeason #SlowDown

I can barely tolerate driving at night here in rural BC. I got a pair of yellow lens night-driving glasses which do help to cut the glare. Check out this article- "Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars"

"Some may genuinely not know they’re driving with their high beams on—digital car dashboards have gotten more complex and less intuitive in recent years—but it’s difficult to believe that most permanent high-beam users aren’t doing it deliberately, in an anti-collectivist kind of way." ...

#nightdriving #headlights #prepping #safety

https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents

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#ToTheStory...

I was #DrivingHome #OneNight from a #NiceDayOut with my #RomanCatholicMother; #TheBFF and #MyLittleBigBuddy were #AtHome, #Already...

#So; #RedBeanBear, #Me and the #PrideOrange #WarMachine on a #RoadTrip in #TheMiddleOfTheNight...

I #Love #NightDriving almost as much as I used to #Love #NightFlights. My #NightVision remains #Excellent. #IT's a #SuperPower (#OneAmongMany). #IDigress, #Already...

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