[MagsieMac]

Many newer cars have LED headlights, particularly SUVs and dual cabs. These are rarely dimmed and being white light rather than yellow light, are so bright that they are temporarily blinding. Don't they have dimmer switches?

 

[PattiB]

I wish the police would start night patrols in Tasmania. We travelled home to Launceston from Burnie last night, only to find that a lot of cars appeared not to have a dip switch. Being Friday, the excuse for a highway was rather busy, and the number of ignorant drivers was appalling. My brother had travelled up from Hobart, and said that he had stayed on the speed limit all the way, but most other drivers zoomed past and disappeared into the distance. The ads on tv don’t have much of an impact.

 

[Radiant]

I think it’s incredibly selfish to use full beam when you could be blinding other motorists. I did not know it was an offence but I’m glad it is if it prohibits people being so selfish. Apart from anything else one could be hit by someone blinded by your own beam.

 

[Jest]

i have always dipped lights on seeing an approaching car. is that so hard to do?

 

[Sherril54]

Yes, I always dip my headlights when I see an oncoming car. I also flash my lights when I see a police car. You realy cannot flash lights when you see police at night, I`ve never seen them at night, so that is a day application.

 

[Catherines]

I wish the police would start night patrols in Tasmania. We travelled home to Launceston from Burnie last night, only to find that a lot of cars appeared not to have a dip switch. Being Friday, the excuse for a highway was rather busy, and the number of ignorant drivers was appalling. My brother had travelled up from Hobart, and said that he had stayed on the speed limit all the way, but most other drivers zoomed past and disappeared into the distance. The ads on tv don’t have much of an impact.

Australia needs to bring in a rule that every new car imported into Australia has lights of a uniform brightness, the kind (as in LED or incandescent), all of a standard height above the road, all lights ha standard shape and more. The cars we see now have red brake lights constantly moving across the back width of the car from one side to the other, headlights shaped like human eyes (with eyebrows included!), one LED and one incandescent headlight and such nonsense. These variations might look ‘quirky’ and ‘fancy’ but they are a big distraction to a following or approaching vehicle and many of those ‘following’ vehicles and purchased vehicles are being driven (often at speed) by the younger generation who often have little regard for others on the road. Many people are also distracted by (illegally) using their phones. Some of the many reasons I do not like driving at night as I am the wearer of spectacles at all times and night lights tend to partially ‘blind’ me.

 

[Wombat2u2004]

Yes, I always dip my headlights when I see an oncoming car. I also flash my lights when I see a police car. You realy cannot flash lights when you see police at night, I`ve never seen them at night, so that is a day application.

Me too.
But what really pisses me off is the smart arses who dim their lights as they approach me and flick the high beam back on about 20 yards in front of me as they are about to pass in the opposite direction.