Drivers in Kentucky are real bad about driving with their brights on -
ESPECIALLY in Louisville. The ever growing numbers of SUVs are especially
annoying at night; especially since a lot of them have brights about the
same height from the ground as my Toyota Corolla.

"RJ" > wrote in message
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> Chris Bessert > wrote:
>
>> Matthew Russotto wrote:
>> > RJ > wrote:
>> >
>> >>When I started driving in CT, I discovered that a significant minority
>> >>of drivers on the Merritt Parkway drive with their brights on
>> >>regardless
>> >>of vehicles in front of them (oncoming or following). There seems to
>> >>be
>> >>a preponderance of those HID lamp pricey cars with jerk drivers like
>> >>this.
>> >
>> > Probably not driving with their brights on, they just have the low
>> > beam misaligned.
>>
>> Actually, in my neck of the woods (Great Lakes region), I also note
>> a certain percentage of drivers on ANY freeway who like to drive with
>> their high-beams on, not just those "special" headlights either.
>>
>> Mind you, this is on freeways with a grassy median (no center jersey
>> barrier wall, no trees/shrubs/vegetation plantings, etc.), so it's a
>> clear visual shot over to the other lanes. I guess people think that
>> grassy median obscures the glare from their brights?
>>
>> If there is no one just ahead of me on my side of the freeway, I'll
>> go ahead and give Mr./Ms. Inconsiderate on the other side a quick
>> split-second "courtesy flash" to let him/her know that they're blind-
>> ing not only all of us going in the other direction, but likely the
>> cars diving just ahead of them on their side as well.
>>
>> Of course, some of the time one (or two) quick flashes does nothing
>> and they continue on their merry way, oblivious to the fact that
>> they're blinding all other drivers on the highway... :^(
>
> Drivers on the Merritt Parkway in CT often just blast through with their
> brights on. A courtesy flash does no good, because they don't care.
>
> If you turn your brights on and leave them on, sometimes they will dim
> their own lights. But not always.
>
> But that road is populated by self-important jerks day and night so I
> guess their rude behavior shouldn't surprise me.