Originally Posted By: blupupher
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: stockrex
Also, how do you "let em know" without seriously making them mad?
Who cares if it makes them mad. Throw your high beams at them to let them know they're being unsafe douche bags by shining their brights into oncoming traffic that WON'T see them due to their brights in the oncoming traffic's view. If they're that paranoid or just plain stupid,they need to quit riding on the streets and maybe stay on the dirt. Oncoming cars with their brights on during the day is just as bad.
And I will smile and wave, because the high beams in the daytime do not bother me, and I know that you see me.
I am paranoid, because drivers in a car do not see bikers (most common thing said by a car driver that hit a bike "I just did not see them" or "they came out of nowhere"), and anything that can be done to be seen helps. If you want to call me a douche for that fine, I am one, but one that you saw.
A proper halogen on high beam is less distracting than some "douche bag" that throws PnP HID or LED bulbs into a halogen housing. Should those douche bags stay off the street too?
Now nighttime is a different story, highbeam only when no cars around.
That's no different that the lifted truck guys shining their led bar in everyone's face to the point that you can't see where you're going. Would that not distract you or cause you to wreck your bike? Or worst case,cause the oncoming vehicle to be blinded,and driving straight into you. Contrary to what some people think,these lights ARE blinding during the day. It's like having the sun in your face while you're driving. Not cool to do that to other drivers regardless of what kind of vehicle you're driving.