I got 'rear blinded' by another GD zenon truck tonight.

 

 

Sounds painful!!

 

Really, I hope he at least got a free dinner out of it

 

I've been trying to be more aware to see what I am observing for glare on the roads. I've noticed four scenarios with HID headlights

1. HID with no significant glare. These tend to be sedans and coupes.
2. HID with blinding glare. These tend to be SUVs and trucks.
3. HID with bouncing headlights. These tend to be sport sedans where the autoleveling is out of whack and one headlight bounces around on every bump in the road. This is distracting more than a problem
4. HID that appears to be aftermarket. These are usually a VERY bright blue, on smaller coupes and sedans, and the lights don't appear to throw the right pattern or be aimed correctly. They also don't appear to have autoleveling, as they're rock-solid with bumps.

I have a feeling that the HID glare "problem" is really a problem with illegal aftermarket kits or them being mounted too high (IMO, SUVs and trucks have these mounted too high), or situations where the autolevel mechanism is in need of repair.

/just my $.02

 

You are probably correct with your observation. The problem is that the SUV's and trucks with Xenons too high aren't going away, neither are the sport sedans with out of whack levelers or the aftermarket Xenons improperly aimed or with no levelers. The maintainence that most people do to their vehicles in general is almost non-existent, in my opinion. This means the rest of us will have to put up with still another driving distraction caused by a compicated system of lighting that requires maintainence and adjustment it isn't likely to get.

Hard to see this as an improvment to what little driving pleasure is left on todays roads.

 

Correctamundo!............... it's the GD trucks with zenons that seem to be the most problem.

The cars with hyper-blue beams appear to be driven by 'kids'. I suspect these are aftermarket since they look pretty goofy.

Never been blinded by a mini.

 

All this quibbling over HIDs

Can't we just all get along?

For all the HID haters ... I suggest you get over it. They are not going away

For all the Halogen haters ... I suggest you get over it too. They are staying.

Peace ...