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Not to mention good old fashioned overpowered unfocused led lighting. Its been a meme with the truck bros for years, but now these products have entered the general lighting supply. Now your landlord replaces the garage light with one thats brighter than the sun and shines into your bedroom. You will end up like Kramer in the chicken roaster episode of Seinfeld.

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A friend of mine bought a hyundai i20, and the LED lights in it aren't aimed low enough, either by manufacturing error or design, and even when dipped they shine at oncoming drivers. No idea if this is common, or if he can get them adjusted anywhere.

Can't tell you the amount of times I've seen people in the other lane flash their highbeams at him while I've been riding in the passenger seat, because they think he's doing the same.

It's 100% adjustable by user. Very likely when replacing them they got bumped? The classic way is you go in a garage or against a wall and shine them, and measure to ensure the horizontal line is going down towards the ground (vs going up and blinding everyone). Not only is it nicer for oncoming traffic, they actually work a lot better...

I typical set the high beams on and aim those straight ahead.

That gives max range for high beams and the low beam down and right (for right drive countries) is then also very close to optimal.

Yah. If you are being flashed it's likely at least 1 degree upward, which is not helping a driver see the road.

It is somehow every single vehicle on the road with these. People should lose their license for operating a vehicle with the blinding LEDs tilted up higher than highbeams would be. It is unsafe that approaching drivers cannot see past them as they drive by.

Ugh yeah. It's that time of year where it gets dark early and I get blinded on the way home from work by all the bro-dozer truck lights and intense LEDs.

I get blinded by morons who have no idea that a normal H light bulb can be installed „the other way around”. So it points upwards.

And teslas but only when they drive behind. For whatever reason tesla lights blind when seen in the mirror.

I've been looking into transparent windshield films to reduce glare for this reason.

Say what you will about over-engineering, but the Germans got it so so so right with their metal full black out shades.

I'd prefer to just have less outdoor light since blocking out all outdoor light also blocks out sunlight which can mess up your circadian rhythms.

But unfortunately it is the type of thing that, although obviously a superior solution, is unlikely to be adopted in the rest of the world. Where I live, as, I think, in most places, people would think you were very strange if you put those kinds of metal shutters on your windows, and I can even imagine neighbours being displeased with you as it makes it look like it is a bad neighbourhood.

I'm unfamiliar with this, but I'd love some well-done black out shades - got a link or a brand?

Very common in Italy as well - search Images or Youtube for "finestra tapparelle" for an idea. The sound of tapparelle is super ingrained in many european minds, i.e. https://italybeyondtheobvious.com/taparelle/

They are also good for deflecting debris :)

In Germany they are called rolladens.

The best thing ever!

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